Even Percy Darrow saw the surliness of the men's attitudes, and with his usual good sense divined the cause.

Ithuel, who had a waggery of his own, smiled as he saw the seamen folding their arms, throwing discontent and surliness into their countenances, and pacing the deck singly, as if misanthropical and disdaining to converse, whenever a boat came alongside from the shore.

Outrageous!" The Squire seemed to regard his guest's surliness with as little attention as Verty had displayed.