The captain fellow was on the bridge, and steam was up.' 'Then they expected me! How could that be ?' 'They expected some one.

I do not think they expected you.' 'Did the second man go on board ?' 'He helped to carry you along the gangway, but he came back again to the carriage.

He was the driver.' 'And no one else saw the business ?' 'The quay was deserted.

You see, the last steamer had arrived for the night.' There was a brief silence, and then Nella ejaculated, under her breath.
'Truly, it is a wonderful world!' And it was a wonderful world for them, though scarcely perhaps, in the sense which Nella Racksole had intended.

They had just emerged from a highly disconcerting experience.