Now if we go over all I've got to do is to swim ashore with you.

Is it good walking to Adare House ?" He did not hear her reply; but a fresh burst of the wind sent a loose strand of her hair back into his face, and he was happy.

Happy in spite of a peril which neither he nor Jean would have thought of facing alone.

In the darkness he could no longer see Croisset or his canoe.
But Jean's shout came back to him every minute on the wind, and over Josephine's head he answered.

He was glad that it was so dark the girl could not see what was ahead of them now.