There was a faint, strange smell, and she lost consciousness.
An hour passed without her return to the yacht, and Lady Greendale began to fear that she had found Frank too ill to leave, and had forgotten to send Anna back with the message.

At last she touched the bell.
"Will you tell the captain that I want to speak to him ?" "Captain," she said.

"I am much alarmed about Major Mallett.

That boat that came off here an hour ago brought a note for my daughter, saying that he had been hurt, and she went ashore with her maid to see him.

She said that she would be back in a short time, and that if she found that he was badly hurt she would send her maid back with a message to me.