"Ah!" observed the skipper, with much meaning.  "Well, we shall see.  It is perfectly evident that he is anxious to keep out of our clutches, which desire argues a guilty conscience on his part, and only makes me the more determined to overhaul him.  Confound it, here comes the rain again!  Mr Gascoigne, have the goodness to slip into my cabin and desire my steward to bring my oilskins on deck.  Or, stay, the fellow will have turned-in by this time; I will get them myself."