The nearest way to the Berry home was straight down Cross Street, on the other side of the hill, to the Shore Road, and thence along that road for an eighth of a mile.

The Captain's usual course was just that.

But to-night he had taken the long route, the Hill Boulevard, which made a wide curve before it descended to the road below.
Sim, who had had a shrewd suspicion concerning his friend's silence and evident mental disturbance, stood still, looking and wondering.

Olive Edwards, Captain Berry's old sweetheart, lived on the Boulevard.

She was in trouble and the Captain knew it.