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As Elsie passed along the promenade deck she saw Courtenay, Tolle a percussion fuse

of ful them, Walker dropped a

broken furnace bar on top of a se placed on an iron block

Instantly there was a sharp report, and Joey, as an interested

observer, juhed, and she heard

Courtenay say: "That is the right proportion of fulminate Now, Tollemache, I'll help

you to fix them We do not know the moment those reptiles may choose

to attack"

So the captain did not leave the Alaculofrose in her throat, some wave of emotion which

threatened her splendid serenity She ran rather than walked to her

cabin, flung herself on the bed, and sobbed piteously It had to come,

this te

courage, she faced theht sunshine and apparent security of the ship, sinister

death-shadows tortured her into rebellion She did not stop to ask

herself why she wept; being a woust, and when

it had ended, with the suddenness of a su tears Her first concern was that none should be

aware of her weakness

"How stupid of me," she murmured "What would the men think if they

knew I broke down in this fashion"