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Sara Lee stood in the shadows and listened There were voices overhead,

froe A door opened onto the deck and threw out a ray of

light So

steps And then at last she put down her bag and tried door after door,

without result

The as drawn in

The engines began to vibrate under foot Sara Lee, breathless and

terrified, stood close to a cabin door and remained i forward to where she stood

But he did not co until the other stea had lifted, and the searchlight wasover

the surface It played round the channel stea it

But none of this was visible to Sara Lee

At last the lights of the quay began to recede The little boat rocked

slightly in its oaves as it edged away Itthe swell of the channel, it shot

ahead at top speed

For an hour Sara Lee stood there The channel wind caught her and tore

at her skirts until she was almost frozen And finally, in sheer

desperation, she worked her way round to the other side She saw no