They were in various stages of undress, and the red-haired second-cabin passenger was standing at the door.
"I promised Miss Vanderpoel----" he was saying, when Betty came forward.
He turned to her promptly.
"I come to tell you that it seems absolutely to be relied on that there is no immediate danger.

The tramp is more injured than we are." "Oh, are you sure?
Are you sure ?" panted Blanche, catching at his sleeve.
"Yes," he answered.

"Can I do anything for you ?" he said to Bettina, who was on the point of speaking.
"Will you be good enough to help me to assist Mrs.Worthington into her berth, and then try to find the doctor." He went into the next room without speaking.

To Mrs.Worthington he spoke briefly a few words of reassurance.

He was a powerful man, and laid her on her berth without dragging her about uncomfortably, or making her feel that her weight was greater than even in her most desponding moments she had suspected.