suspect that he had been watched by his rival, although he had not
discovered him.

"I don't like to see you engaged in that sort of work; it is as much my
duty as yours," said Dick. "So I have come to help you."

"I shan't require your aid," answered Lord Reginald, haughtily; "you can
bury any of the men you may find, but I choose to bury this young
officer myself."

"Very well, do as you like," said Dick, indignant at having his
well-meant offer refused. "I thought as we had both suffered a common
misfortune, you would have been glad of the society and assistance of a
fellow-creature."

"You don't suppose that any common misfortune would bring me down to
your level?" exclaimed Lord Reginald. "I don't require either your
sympathy or your assistance; all I desire is that you should keep out of
my way, and remember that I am still your officer."

"I remember that you were once my officer, and that as such you took
every opportunity to show your ill-feelings towards me, or allowed
others to do so. One of them lies there, and unless you exercise such
sense as you have got, you'll soon take your place by his side. I speak
plainly, but I speak the truth. Except the few shell-fish, and the
couple of cocoanuts you have picked up, you have been unable to procure
any food for yourself."

"You are wrong there," said Lord Reginald; "my faithful dog has catered
for me, and I have no doubt he will continue to do so; but I do not
choose to waste words on you. Be off, and look after your own affairs."

Dick laughed scornfully. "Do you suppose that the dog would have got
those birds by himself?" he asked. "You give him credit for more
cleverness than he possesses."

"I have told you I do not desire to hold any conversation with you,"
said Lord Reginald, not inquiring for an explanation of the last remark
Dick had made, though it somewhat puzzled him.

"You must take the consequences of your obstinacy, then!" exclaimed
Dick, walking away with as haughty an air as Lord Reginald himself could
have assumed.

The poor young lord resumed his uncongenial occupation, which Dick's
appearance had interrupted. The grave was dug, and the body of the
midshipman dragged into it. He lost no time in covering it up, as it
was painful to look upon those features, once so full of life and
animation. "Are we two, then, the only survivors from the _Marie_?"
exclaimed Lord Reginald. "I wish that some one else had been saved,
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