"We did," he answered; "and we guessed, of course, that it was the wreck of the _Psyche_.  So that affair came off all right, eh?  Well, I didn't very well see how it could possibly fail, for we all had a hand in the devising and arranging of it, and we chopped and trimmed away at the plan until I flatter myself that it was as perfect as human ingenuity could make it.  But I take it that you did not come aboard here to discuss that matter with me?"