But other times she's never off the place."
"I--I feel hesitant about doing what you ask, Captain--Tunis, I
mean."
"Why?"
"You know well enough," said Sheila. "If anything should turn up--if
the truth should come out--"
"Now, are you still worrying about that, Ida May?"
"Don't you think of it--Tunis?"
"Not a bit! We're as safe as a church. That girl will never show up
here on Wreckers' Head. Of course not!"
He seemed absolutely confident. In the dim illumination of the
lantern she looked very closely into his face. Then it was not fear
of exposure that kept Tunis Latham silent. She moved closer to him,
looking up into his countenance, holding the lantern so that her own
face was in the shadow.
"Who suggested my coming to dinner, Tunis? You, or your Aunt
Lucretia?"
"If you knew my aunt! Well! She seldom says a word. But when I have
anything to say, I talk along just as though she answered back like
an ordinary person would. I can tell if she's interested."
"Yes?"
"She's been interested in you from the start, I know. She showed it
in her look the very first time I spoke of you--that day I brought
you here to Wreckers' Head."
"But--but you have never spoken of this before.
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