R. The Chinaman escapes, leaving his slipper.
S. McCord from the mast brings down the two revolvers and other things.
T. McCord now understands the whole business; he goes to sleep at once.
Such an order would have spoiled the story. Notice in the presentation:
1. The gathering up of the greater part of the incidents at the
shortest possible distance from the climax of action.
2. The economical and dramatic method by which the preceding
circumstances are set forth. The reader knows only what McCord knows.