[...] Well, miss, early the next morning-and I can tell you I didn't sleep much that night-everything was ready for me to go down, and two of the crew who had done that sort of thing before were detailed to attend to the air-pumps and all the other business. The stock-broker he was like a bee on a window-pane; he was buzzing, and kicking, and bumping his head trying to find out what we expected to do. But the captain wouldn't tell him anything; you may be sure I wouldn't; and body else knew. As soon as we could get things straightened out I was lowered over the side of the brig, and sunk out of sight into the[...].