Mauger squirmed out from under Brander.... "What hit Slatter?" he asked
sharply. "Did you get him?..."
Brander got up, and the body of Slatter fell away from him limply. It
was about that time that Dan'l reached the fo'c's'le scuttle above, and
looked down into the darkness. He saw nothing; and he called:
"Mr. Brander?"