19/21 "You keep with me--a woman is no protection; I want to be with you." She looked round again at the boat-house doorway. "Oh!" she whispered, "I'm cold all over--I'm frozen with fear of this place. Come into the yard! Come into the yard!" "Leave her to me," said Crayford to his wife. "I will call you, if she doesn't get better in the open air." He took her out at once, and closed the yard door behind them. "What can she possibly be frightened of ?" She put the question, still looking mechanically at the door by which her husband and Clara had gone out. |