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"Instinct," he managed to gulp in the confusion. Veath started for the dining-room, followed by Grace and Hugh, the latter refraining from mentioning that he had already lunched insufficiently though it had been; but with the return of reason had come back his appetite and gradually he felt the old happiness sifting into his heart. They were now well along in the Mediterranean.
When he was trespassing Hugh hated him, but when they were together, with Grace absent, he could not but admire the sunny-faced, frank, stalwart Indianian. When Hugh's heart was sorest, a slap on the back from Veath, a cheery word and an unspoken pledge of friendship brought shame to take the place of resentment.
Ridgeway and Veath, anxious and troubled, wandered aimlessly about the ship, smoking cigar after cigar, praying for a cessation of the ugly weather. Finally, all passengers were peremptorily forbidden the deck. The skilled sailors were in constant danger of being washed overboard. Captain Shadburn admitted that they were being driven from their course by the fury of the typhoon.
The timid, fearful Veath was gone, and in his stead stood the valiant, aggressive, inspired contestant. The rolling of the ship sent her staggering toward him, and he caught her by the arms. Steadying himself against the staircase, he cried in her bewildered ear: "I love you better than all else in the world. You are a part of my life, all of my joy.
"In the name of God what shall we do?" he heard a hoarse voice shout in his ear. It was Veath, also burdened with the helpless form of a woman. "It is death here and death there. I am going to trust to the life preservers," gasped Ridgeway, as another wave struck.
The dead reckoning of the captain and his chartmaster, while able to determine with a certain degree of accuracy the locality in which the ship was beating, could not possibly account for the exact position of those little islands. He began to think of the life preservers. A feeble smile came to the ladies when he spoke of swimming to Hong Kong, but the men, Veath included, looked serious.
"What's that?" demanded Hugh, suddenly alert and forgetful of the stranger. "The last person on earth that a man gets acquainted with, I've heard, is his sister," said Veath calmly. "Go ahead and have a good time, old fellow; your sister isn't so exacting as you think take my word for it."
"Mr. Veath! How can you how dare you " she began, arising indignantly, yet a trifle carried away by his impetuous manner. Her heart was thumping tumultuously and she dared not look into his eyes. "Dare!" he cried. "You urge me to fight it out and die in the trenches, as it were, and now you ask me why I dare tell you what I'd do under certain conditions.
I'm only saying what he may think. The poor devil may be married, you know." "Oh, do you really think so?" cried she. "He looks a little subdued." "That's because he's seasick." "But, to return to our own troubles you think, then, we would better adopt Mr. Veath for the voyage and break the news to him impressively after the deed is done?" "I think so, don't you?
Lord Huntingford could not forgive the man who had put his aristocratic nose out of joint in such an effective manner. He was, however, as polite as nature would permit him to be to Miss Ridge and Mr. Veath.
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