Perhaps I shall learn somewhat more about him, before we get to the end of the voyage, and in that case I will tell you all I know." Miss Hudson was the daughter of a wealthy flock owner--or, as he was called, squatter--in New South Wales.

Her father and mother were on board the ship with her.

This was her fifth voyage.

She had gone out as a baby with her parents; and had returned to England, at the age of ten, to be educated.

When eighteen, she had joined her mother and father in Australia and, two years later, had come with them to Europe, and had spent some months travelling on the Continent.