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Updated: May 21, 2025
Her cheeks flushed, and she applied herself more closely to the chart she was copying. She had left a good deal unsaid in her brief statement that morning. How strange, how utterly unexpected it was, that Ventana's name should fall from Courtenay's lips Courtenay, of all men living!
It was evident that the sudden introduction of Ventana's personality was distressing to her, but Courtenay, preoccupied with the dastardly attempt made to sink his ship, did not observe this feature of a peculiar discussion. "Bad! In what sense, Miss Maxwell?" he asked unguardedly. "In the most loathsome sense. He is evil-minded, vicious, altogether detestable. If Mr.
"But who would do such a thing?" "That is hard to say. The captain believes that the culprit will be found out through the insurance policies. He and the others were discussing the affair one day in the chart-house soon after the dynamite cartridges were discovered and you cannot tell how surprised I was to hear him mention Ventana's name in connection with it." "Ventana's name!"
Evidently, Frascuelo lost no time when he went ashore; Mr. Baring, too, reported that the dynamite wrapper had been traced to Ventana's possession. When Isobel Baring heard this final item she fainted so badly that Dr. Christobal thought it advisable she should be taken to a hotel while the ship remained in port.
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