XVII. Dinner at NineIt was decided to confine our five prisoners in Horace’s den up on the boat deck. This room had but the one door, a heavy teak affair, opening on the starboard side in plain view of the bridge. Thus it would be under the observation at all hours of whoever was on watch. It had three windows which screwed shut in heavy weather. By removing the brass handles and substituting common nuts, the windows could not be opened except with the aid of a wrench.
Some of the furniture was taken out to make room, and mattresses laid on the floor. Irons were left on the legs of the prisoners, but removed from their wrists, so that they could feed themselves or read or smoke. Captain Grober protested angrily against being locked up with a steward and a common sailor, but Les merely gri
