Part 21 (1/2)
She found him elusive He was frank, in a way, but avoided personal topics Then, re the scrap of verse he had quoted, she reflected that he was certainly a Northerner in feeling; but was truth, after all, an essential feature of the type? To be really true, one must be loyal to one's inner self and follow one's heart But this was risky
Itadvantages to be gained Prudence suggested taking the safe, conventional course that would meet with the approval of one's friends; but Ro her, and she thrilled with an instinctive response Noever, she felt that she was getting on to dangerous ground, and she joined Cliffe, who sat in the shade of the deckhouse, talking to Walthew; but they did not help her to banish her thoughts Her father was a practical businessvery sie that he should now seek adventures instead of riches, and stranger still that her father should show some sympathy with hi on the rail, contentedly s seven knots; you're letting steam down,” he said
”Weel,” rejoined Macallister, ”we're saving coal, and we'll be in Kingston soon enough Then, Miss Cliffe's no' in a hurry She's enjoying the smooth water; she telt me so”
Grahaerous love of , Mack,” he said
”I'll no' deny it For a' that, I've had thickheaded friends who've been grateful to me noo and then What ye have no' is the sense to ken an opportunity”
”What do you rew confidential
”She's thinking about ye and when a lassie goes so far----”
Grahame stopped him with a frown
”I'd sooner you dropped this nonsense It's a poor joke”
”Weel, if ye have no auns to revolutionists is no' a reht, and I was thinking ye irl's no' bad to look at; I've seen ye watching her”
”Not bad to look at!” Graha else”
”As ye like!”
Macallister took out a small, tapered piece of steel
”This, ye ken, is a cotter, and the dago froood fitter, but the pin's a sixty-fourth too small for the slot
Maybe it was carelessness; but there would have been trouble when the cotter shook out if Walthew hadna' heard her knocking Yon lad has the htful
”Goents and spies Still, if he suspected anything, it would have been a better stroke to have watched and seized us e had the arms on board I'd expect hirio another ti before I throw hiher is as bad as murder”
”I don't think our opponents would stick at that,” Graha the barorew very hot There was no wind, the sky was cloudless, and the sea rolled back to the horizon without a ripple For all that, there was a curious tension in the atmosphere, and Evelyn noticed that soon after Macallister came up for a few minutes and looked carefully about, thick sirl's head felt heavy, and her skin prickly; and she saw that Grahame's hawk look was ety, and after dinner he sat talking to her and Cliffe under the awning The air was oppressively still, and a half-reat lamp low above the sea
About nine o'clock Cliffe went to his cabin to look for a cigar, and Evelyn and Grahaht