He sat picking at his food until the captain whispered aside to him, "Well?"

One of them drew aside the captain of the guard, and in a low voice whispered to him.

The captain on Goddard's right leaned over and whispered something.

Without reading it out he looked at Shirley and, when the captain did not glance up, walked over to him and whispered something.

This is madness,' the captain whispered, but he could not tear his eyes from her pale body.

"I'll check the inside," the captain whispered into his assistant's ear.

"Give it a moment," the captain whispered from behind him.

Rising, the captain bowed slightly, and whispered to those closest to him.

At this moment, a captain of the guards came up and whispered in the King's ear.

"Rest in peace," whispered the captain, setting the man gently onto the deck.