"I'll give him his trial, as I promised," Cosmo said in conclusion, "and you'll see what it will be. _Mutiny aboard this Ark!_" And he struck the rail a violent blow with his fist. The next morning directly after breakfast Cosmo called all passengers and crew into the grand saloon, where many wondering looks were exchanged and many puzzling questions asked. When the mutineers, with hands tied behind their backs and their many bandages on arms and legs, were led in, exclamations of astonishment were heard, and some of the timid ones shrank away in fear. Cosmo lost no time with preliminaries. "These men," he said, taking his stand upon the platform, "have mutinied and tried to capture the Ark. This fellow"--pointing to Campo--"was the concocter and leader of the plot. He intended to throw me and Captain Arms, and all of you whom he did not wish to retain for his fiendish purposes, into the sea. But Heaven has delivered them into our hands. I have promised them a trial, and they shall have it. But it will be a trial in which justice shall not be cheated. I find that a moral poison has stolen into this selected company, and I will eliminate it for once and all." The expressions of amazement and alarm redoubled in intensity. "Professor Abel Able, Professor Jeremiah Moses, Sir Wilfrid Athelstone, Costaké Theriade," Cosmo continued, "you will please come forward to act as members of the jury, of which I name myself also a member. I shall be both judge and juror here, but I will hear what the rest of you may have to say." The men named stepped forward with some evidences of embarrassment, and Cosmo gravely gave them seats beside him. Then he commanded that the prisoners should confront the jury, and, heavily guarded, they were led to the front. The brutishness of Campo's face had never struck the passengers who had seen him before as it did now. He looked a veritable jailbird. At the same time he was evidently in terror for his life. He muttered something which nobody understood. Cosmo, who had informed himself of all the circumstances from Waters, and by privately questioning the others, had satisfied himself that the entire scheme of the mutiny was of Campo's contrivance, and that they had been led into it solely by his persuasion and threats, ordered Waters to speak. The seaman told a straight story of what he had heard and seen. Cosmo himself then related the events of the night. When he had finished he turned to Campo and demanded what he had to say. Campo again muttered under his breath, but made no attempt to defend himself, simply saying: "You promised me a trial." "And haven't I given you a trial?" demanded Cosmo with flashing eyes. "You thought you held the world in your grasp. It is _I_ that hold it in _my_ grasp, and _you_, too! You were going to make us 'walk the plank.' It is _you_ who are going to walk it! Is that the verdict?" (turning to the four jurymen).