She fancied he could be remorseless in a reckoning, and she had now and then of late had unpleasant suspicions respecting Deringham's intentions concerning him.
Alton took up the paddle, and the pair found Deringham waiting them when they landed.

They crossed the valley together, and the girl, who had seen little of industrial activity, became interested when at her father's desire they followed Alton into the mill.

A cloud of pungent smoke hung about it, and the steady pounding of an engine jarred through the monotone of the river, which was low just then, while there was a pleasant fragrance in the open-sided building where brawny men moved amidst the whirling dust with the precision of the machines they handled.

Alice Deringham could see with untrained eyes that there was no waste of effort here.

The great logs that slid in at one end passed straight forward over the rattling rollers, and made no deviation until they went out as planking.