XVI. Bloodless MutinyThe four of us started up the forward companionway. Horace hung back on the landing.
“What are we going to do?” he growled. “We must have a plan.”
“It is very simple,” said Mme. Storey. “First we seize the captain and secure him. Second we secure the officer on watch. Third we secure the other two officers wherever we find them. If we can take them one by one there need be no fuss at all.”
We proceeded. At the head of the stairs in the dining-saloon forward two stewards were arranging the table. We dined at eight on the Buccaneer. We turned aft through the library, which was no more than a corridor, really, leading past the engine trunk. The music-room followed, then the after companionway with the big lounge on the other side. All this part of the ship was empty.
