"We will return to our castle.

We are safe for the remainder of this day, at any rate." Something must be said or done to reassure her.

She was still grievously disturbed, and he naturally ascribed her agitation to the horror of her capture.

He dreaded a complete collapse if any further alarms threatened at once.

Yet he was almost positive--though search alone would set at rest the last misgiving--that only one sampan had visited the island.