You've only a minute, sir, before the last call for passengers." "That's all right," the voice which had spoken to him over the telephone that morning replied.

"I'd just like to shake hands with him and wish him bon voyage." Philip's teeth came together in a little fury of anger.

It was maddening, this, to be trapped when only a few minutes remained between him and safety! His brain worked swiftly.

He took his chance of finding the next stateroom empty, as it happened to be, and stepped quickly inside.

He kept his back to the door until the footsteps had passed.