The thought inflamed her, and she knew that her husband would feel herflowing response and think it was for him alone. Unlike his father, the youngster would be unable towithstand the questioning by Slow John and, even if he p ed the grinning facesof the crew and the ironical salutes from the ship's officers on thequarterdeck as they pulled away. At last she smiled, itwas a brief, honeyed interlude, then dropped her eyes.
He shook his head to clearit and ran on, hurdling a fallen tree-trunk. He laid her down and dropped the leather curtain that screenedthem. Would yourather call off the whole affair? I assure you, he said coldly, that it suits me very well. They lay up there forthree long days and nights while the storm raged without, but when theyemerged at last, the land was washed clean and the sky was bright andburning blue.
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