I saw the schooner safely moored in the bay, with her cabin door
locked and her hatchway closed, and then went up home to Lyndardy.
My mother and Jessie had already heard that the Falcon had come
into the harbour; they gave me a very warm welcome from this my
first voyage, and listened with interest and surprise to the things
I had to tell them.
On my way through the town the following morning I chanced to meet
my old schoolmaster, who walked along with me as far as the quay.
He had two things that he wished to tell me: the one being that his
written account of Jarl Haffling's remains had been read before the
Society of Antiquaries in Edinburgh, and was to be printed in the
Society's Transactions; the other matter being that proceedings
were, he believed, very soon to be taken against Tom Kinlay for
having appropriated a part of the viking's treasure.
When we had spoken of these matters, there was much for me to tell
the dominie; but as it was too cold for us to stand on the quay, I
took him with me aboard the schooner, where I had some advice to
ask him regarding my course in reporting the loss of the Pilgrim to
the underwriters. Seated in the cabin I told him my adventure, and
showed him all the books and papers I had taken from the barque
before she went down.
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