gentlemen, you have been welcomed gladly, as you know. But Olaf
Guldmar is not like the rest of us; he has the pride and fierceness
of olden days; his manners and customs are different; and few like
him. He is much feared."

"You know him then?" inquired Errington carelessly.

"I know him," returned Valdemar quietly. "And his daughter is fair
as the sun and the sea. But it is not my place to speak of them--."
He broke off, and after a slightly embarrassed pause, asked, "Will
the Herren wish to sail to-day?"

"No Valdemar," answered Errington indifferently. "Not till to-
morrow, when we'll visit the Kaa Fjord if the weather keeps fair."

"Very good, sir," and the pilot, tacitly avoiding any further
converse with his employer respecting the mysterious Thelma and her
equally mysterious father, turned to examine the wheel and compass
as though something there needed his earnest attention. Errington
and Lorimer strolled up and down the polished white deck arm-in-arm,
talking in low tones.

"You didn't ask him about the coffin and the dwarf," said Lorimer.

"No; because I believe he knows nothing of either, and it would be
news to him which I'm not bound to give. If I can manage to see the
girl again the mystery of the cave may explain itself."

"Well, what are you going to do?"