I heard the name of Kurtz pronounced, then the words, 'take advantage of this unfortunate
ac- cident.' One of the men was the manager.
By and by attention ceased from him, and the
ac- customed school murmur rose upon the dull air once more.
After a time the old man abandoned the ac- tive search.
Nobody had ever contradicted him; his own hair had gone grey since that time, and Captain Hag- berd's beard had turned quite white, and had ac- quired a majestic flow over the No.