"Captain Brakell collapsed only on reaching port. He brought his ship home first. He brought her home with that devil, Eldred Vernon, imprisoned in Number 14."
"You mean Vernon didn't die during the voyage, after all? You have already told me you saw his body committed to the deep."
"I repeat that I did. But Eldred Vernon's devil lived on— an audible and visible thing."
"And I repeat that I don't believe a syllable."
AGAIN COLOR painted the doctor's sallow face an angry red. "Words mean nothing," he answered curtly. "Words mean nothing. Captain gave his life to make his ship safe. He was heroic, I tell you. Faced terrific odds, and won by sheer strength and goodness. He cornered that crafty devil, Vernon. He couldn't destroy him— that was beyond even his wisdom, but he managed to impri
