Here the skipper put an end to the interview. He had evidently seen and had enough of the Boissons, husband and wife, and, ascending the companion-ladder at the same time as Garry and myself, I heard him muttering to himself as he went along and just caught the following words: To think–brave men–lose–valuable–save such–theirs–too dreadful. She frivolous–he–a–damned coward! laying a rather strong emphasis on the last words.