She cannot explain it and neither can the captain.

And equally astonishing was the latter's answer.

He certainly had not heard her voice often enough to recognize it under such circumstances.
"All right, teacher!" he shouted.

"I'm comin'! Let go of that woman, you--Oh, it's you, is it ?" He had seized Mr.Smith by the coat collar and jerked him away from his victim.

Miss Dawes took refuge behind the captain's bulky form.