I am at your service." "Thank you, thank you, Mr.Daniels.

I--I have no doubt we shall need your services.

But please don't--" John Kendrick was at her side.
"Miss Howes--Emily--" he pleaded.

"Don't misunderstand me." She burst out at him like, as Captain Obed said afterward, "an August thunder tempest." "Misunderstand!" she repeated.

"I don't misunderstand.