? ? ? ? We walked to the break of the poop, where she turned and faced me. I glanced around to see that no one was within hearing distance.
? ? ? ? 'What is it?' I asked gently; but the expression of grim determination on her face did not relax.
? ? ? ? 'I can readily understand,' she began, 'that this morning's affair was largely an accident; but I have been talking with Mr. Haskins. He tells me that the day we were rescued, even while I was in the cabin, two men were drowned, deliberately drowned- murdered.'
? ? ? ? There was a query in her voice, and she faced me accusingly, as though I were guilty of the deed, or at least a party to it.
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