Chapter 22

"Schuy, dearest!" Sally pleaded beside him. "Don't! You mustn't, Schuy! Get hold of yourself, my brave boy! Don't let a perfect stranger upset you so. Good Doctor Burton knows, not this man, who may know nothing." "He does know. Everybody knows--even you, who try to keep it from me." And then he was sobbing uncontrollably, and Sally was on the point of summoning the ship's doctor, since the hot tears were so terribly bad for the inflamed retina. Then the invalid drew himself up to a sitting position again, his face…