? ? ? ? 'Perhaps,' I suggested again.
? ? ? ? I waited, smiling inwardly at the woman of her which compelled a solicitude for Wolf Larsen, of all creatures. Where was her solicitude for me? I thought- for me whom she had been afraid to have merely peep aboard?
? ? ? ? She was too subtle not to follow the trend of my silence. And she was as direct as she was subtle.
? ? ? ? 'You must go aboard, Humphrey, and find out,' she said. 'And if you want to laugh at me you have my consent and forgiveness.'
? ? ? ? I arose obediently and went down the beach.
? ? ? ? 'Do be careful,' she called after me.
? ? ? ? I waved by arm from the forecastle-head and dropped down to the deck. Aft I walked to the cabin companion, where I contented myself with hailing below. Wolf Larsen answered, and as he started to ascend the stairs I cocked my revolver. I displayed it openly during our conversation, but he took no notice of it.
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