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“I have told you all that I know, sir.”

“I shall find her and those who went with her, be sure of that. And I promise that neither you nor they shall gain by an attempt to shield them.”

I was too angry and sick at heart to reply. Never, during all the months that had passed since the mutiny, had I suspected that I might be considered a member of Christian’s party. Although I had not been able to speak with Bligh on the morning the ship was seized, Nelson, and others who went in the launch, knew of my loyalty and of my intention to leave with them. I had supposed that Bligh himself must have known, and I could not imagine what might have happened to cause me to be listed among the mutineers. I was eager to know the fate of those who had gone with Bligh, and how many of them had reached England safely, but Edwards would not permit me to inquire.

“You are here to be questioned, not I,” he said. “You still refuse to tell me where Christian is?”

“I know no more than you do, sir,” I replied.