"They were a bit strange, now you mention it. Even Captain Nielsen-"
"Yes, even that tough-minded old Swede, who'd go up to the devil himself and ask him for a light.
Those fishy blue eyes held a look I never saw there before.
All I could get out of him was 'This place has an evil name among seafaring men, sir.' Then he said to me, very gravely, 'Don't you feel anything?'-as if the air about us was actually poisonous.
Now, you mustn't laugh when I tell you this-I did feel something like a sudden chill.
"There was no breeze. The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window. We were drawing near the island then. What I felt was a-a mental chill; a sort of sudden dread."
"Pure imagination," said Rainsford.
"One superstitious sailor can taint the whole ship's company with his fear."
"Maybe.
But sometimes I think sailors have an extra sense that tells them when they are in danger.