She is afraid for me.

I know it.

But I'm going to find out--soon.

And then, Pied-Bot, I think we'll probably kill Jed Hawkins, and hit for the North." The gloom of foreboding that was in Jolly Roger's voice and words seemed to settle over the cabin for many days after that, and more than ever Peter sensed the thrill and warning of that mysterious something which was impending.

He was developing swiftly, in flesh and bone and instinct, and there began to possess him now the beginning of that subtle caution and shrewdness which were to mean so much to him later on.