"I can't bear it longer.

The water is calling me and threatening me.

There! How that wave rushed up as if it wanted me at once!" Alec again drew her closer to him, and turning, they walked slowly back.

He was silent with the delight of having that lovely creature all to himself, leaning on his arm, in the infolding and protecting darkness, and Kate was likewise silent.
By the time they reached the quay at the other end of the pier, the steamer had crossed the bar, and they could hear the _thud_ of her paddles treading the water beneath them, as if eagerly because she was near her rest.

After a few struggles, she lay quiet in her place, and they went on board.
Alec saw Kate embrace a girl perhaps a little older than herself, helped her to find her luggage, put them into a chaise, took his leave, and went home.
He did not know that all the way back along the pier they had been followed by Patrick Beauchamp..