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Dan'l Tobey found Brander on the fore deck, ten minutes later. Brander
was smoking, with two of the men. Dan'l touched his shoulder; Brander
stepped aside. The two men faced each other in the darkness for a
moment; and it was as though an electric spark of hostility passed
between them. Their eyes clashed....
Then Dan'l said pleasantly: "Get your traps and come aft to the cabin,
Brander."
Brander chuckled softly; he tapped out his pipe in his palm and tossed
the glowing ember over the rail. "Thank you, Mr. Tobey," he said. "I'm
pleased to accept your kind invitation."
There was a mocking light in his eye that Dan'l, even in the dark, could
see. Another man might have struck; but Dan'l was never one for blows.
He turned on his heel and went aft; and Brander dropped into the
fo'c's'le to collect his belongings.