There could be no mistaking the distress, even the positive alarm, created by this demand.

The girl clasped her hands in entreaty, and the older woman evidently tried most earnestly to dissuade her visitor from a proceeding fraught with utmost danger.
Being quite certain that they meant to be friendly, Iris sat down again.

She knew, of course, that Marcel would come for her, if possible, and the relief displayed by her unknown entertainers was so marked that she resolved to await his appearance quietly.

She would not abandon hope till daylight crept through the chinks of the hut.
How soon that might be she could not tell.

It seemed but a few seconds since she felt Hozier's arms around her, since her lips met his in a passionate kiss.