He was dressed in the wet garments which another candidate had taken off.

Cold he might have been, but as he passed she heard his teeth chatter so loudly that it almost seemed to her that his very bones rattled.

She drew back with the impression that some horrible thing had passed by.

Before she had time to wonder that the chill should have had such an effect upon the hardy fellow, his feet were in the water, and he turned and caught her eye.

The look he gave her became suddenly one of terrified entreaty.
Susannah did not move; she was spell-bound.