His Other Wife: A Novel — page 275: what you’re looking at

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THE WOLF AND HIS PREY. 267 believe that with himself alone he (the Malay) was capable of any verbal communication. | Standing at the crevice in the door-way, the cook watched with a cat-like vision the scene that was transpir- ing just a few feet from his post of observation. He com- prehended sufficient of what was said to learn the whole gist of the matter; and when he saw the agile leap of the young sailor, followed by the fall of the mate, he drew his conclusions pretty correctly as to the real nature of the captain’s motives in rendering the mate incapable of fur- ther opposition to his designs. Valasco bent a moment over the prostrate form of his comrade. He had directed his blow with skiliful accu- racy, so as to benumb the consciousness without attacking the life of his victim. He felt very sure that before half an hour the tough old seaman would be recovered from his present condition of insensibility, and he proceeded at once to avail himself of it to put the obstinate old man where he would be powerless to interfere with his actions for as long a time as he chose to be nd of him, To bind fast the arms of Graff Conway was only a mo- ment’s work for the powerful captain, who then stepped to the door of the kitchen, and with a sign summoned the Malay. Together they bore the mate down to the ship’s locker, where he was securely fastened up. Valasco explained to the cook that it was the just penalty of insubordination on the part of the mate, and that he would be released in Comicbooks: (E(@)