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For some time Mr. Wilks stood gazing at this unexpected apparition and / trying to collect his scattered senses. Its face was pale and flabby, / while its glassy eyes, set in rims of red eyelids, were beginning to / express unmistakable signs of suspicion and wrath. The shock was so / sudden that the steward could not even think coherently. Was the captain / upstairs? And if so, what was his condition? Where was Nathan Smith? / And where was the five pounds?
A voice, a husky and discordant voice, broke in upon his meditations; / Jack Nugent was also curious.