Chapter 51

In spite of the real seriousness of the situation,—which they never yet had entirely realised,—the boy and his sister were agreeably conscious of the dramatic element developing daily in the unusual affair of the _Red Moon_, galley. The discovery of the Eden documents, the linked chain of events which followed, the entire dramatic gamut excepting tragedy alone,—yes, even tragedy!—the murder of Lance Ferray,—every separate episode had arisen in logical sequence, promising in turn some inevitable sequel. Never had ca…