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Even without the-caU the caU thecaUIt the - . - callIt It excltement-ot excltement ot excitement-of excitement of excitement - - of setting seelds seeidg you , , I dare dareaay daresay darsay * aay say he b wo wouldn't wouldnt 't t ' ' hav have lasteQ laBte4 lasted another anothertwentytour anothertwentytour anothertwenty-four anothertwenty four twenty-tour twenty tour - hours hO\ln hO ln \ But you know knowhow knowbow knowbow how bow howVUlard \ WUlard \VUlard VUlard Willard and ! ; Krnett Jrne.t Jrnet Frne/t Frne t . / would have haveselzecl haveseized bavseized selzecl seized ppon the tact fact that you were werewIth werewith werewith wIth blm-and blm and him-and him him - and sought BOUght to conceal It it It.Ttr ItTtr . . I The Investigation Investlglktloo would have been beenan beenan beenan . . an ugly USb ' and an.d . Uncomtortabit uqcomforlabl uncomfortable . . thing t.hinS thinS " "I I " with him hixnT ' ? " Karen Karen ren repeated rep ated to In tocredulous17 Incredulously tocredulously credulous17 credulously credulous17uWby "Why Why uWby " , , Dlck- Dlck Dick- Dick Dlck"You Dick"You Dick : . - " "You You " see , " " Dicksaid Dick - iald -said said . , < "you're youre " " ' ' 110t not 110thonut nothonest nothonest honut honest with me m even eveo yet . . Who Whd Wb did didyou didyou didyou you think thnk : ! picked up the th broken lel7 left lel7I lel7Tsura leftTsura leiTsuraT ? I Tsura ? Dear God Godl Godt I ' I'll Ill I'U IU ' never ameU smell ameUginger smellginger smellginger ginger flowers Dower . again without re- re rememberingIt remembering re remembering - - membering membering- membering-It membering It - " memberingLei memberingItLeI Lei LeiT LeI ? ? What lei leiT ? " "Tha Tha uThe "The The " Jei Jel I 1 gav gave you that I brought broughtto to toYour -Your Your our ; - your room room . , , the th night my mv : uncle uncledied uncledied uncl uncldied died . . . The Th lei let that you wore wben when wbenyou whenyou whenyou you went to sea see him blm The Th lei that thatbroke thatbroke thatbroke broke and atilllay still lay scattered Icattered all aU over overthe overthe overth the floor when I found him BltUng sitting BltUngthere sittingthere sittingthere there . , . defd defdIt de dead It " "You You 'You " ' mean-you mean you mean--you - - * - - mean-you mean you mean - - you va vs vathought vsthought vthought thought all aU this thiB time- time timeI timeI time - - ' . I picktd picke picked up the th 11 lei lel * , , 1 I opened the thewlndows thewindows thewindows wlndows windows , . and let the th wind Bweep sweep Bweepa sweepaway sweepaway a away wpy the th men smell sm D of 01 ginger Dowera flowers flowers.and flowersand , . , and said aal4 nothing I even respected respectedyour respectedyour rexpectedyour your own oiVll silence IUence an and an4 said laid nothingto noUlinato noUlina nothing to you " ' you"I . "I I " 'J J ' think ' Karen said .1 1 . ' I could couldhave couldhave couldhav have forgiven torglven to lven anything in the world worldbut worldbut worldbut but that . . This Thl Is too much Dick . . . " You see * ee . ' Dick sai said aid ' I J believed beUtvedIn believedIn In yoo-l yoo l you-I you I you - - I believed in you as 1 I 1haven Ihaven Ihaven haven t believed in anything since sine * 1 I 1can Ican Ican can remember God help h lp me I 1 be be- believe believe believe - - lieve La in you yeti y tl But I 1 can t any anylonger anylonger anylonger longer bellev believe that you are tor for me ' . No ' ' Karen said her voice voicestrange voicestrange voicestrange strange and shaky not tor for you you.Never youNever . . . Never lor for you again agam ' ' Again ? You never were werel"When werelWhen I ! " When you came tor for me and 1 1ran 1ran 1ran ran away with you from the Seal SealI I belonged0 belonged belongedo \o o \0 0 \ \ 0you to you as much as I 111ever U II Uever IIever ever belong belons to anybody More per perhaps perhags perhaps haps hags Even when your-when your when your - when LU Lil LUua Lilus Lllua ua us turned up in your cabin in that thatsavage thatsavage thatsavage savage half naked rig I was w db die dbgusted diegusted digusted * gusted and hurt hurt . , but I 1 would have havegot havegot havegot got over it I think Only-l Only l Only-I I Only - I didn dido t tknow tknow tknow know you thenI thenYou then thenYou I You think thU1k you know ; me lie e now ? I As well weli as a * I ever care to DickWhen Dick DickWhen When the Halokal Holokal Holokai was anchoredagain anchoredagain anchored anchoredK , again K in in Alakoa s a UtUe little UtU bay Dick DickI DickWayne DickWayne I Wayne had Karen rowed back to the theSeal theSeal theSeal Seal from which he had taken bel her hersuch hercuch " I TheyI such a little titUe while whit * before Theyhad They Theybad Theyhad I bad had been gone less Ies than two bours hours boursyet hoursyet hoursyet yet the circumstances circurhstances under which whichI whichhe whichhe whichhe I he had brought her het to the Holoksi Holokai Holokaitrom Holokaifrom , from trom thrf tb6 the Seal seemed 10 so far tar away awayI awaythat awaythat awaythat I that they tbey might have existed In an another another another other worldAs worldAs world worldA As A * the she left tha the Holokai Hoioksl Holokat he be offered offeredher offeredher offeredtier her a steadying hand to help bel her herinto herinto " Into the trnSH smlJlI smell boat . . , but she sh stepped steppeddown steppeddown steppeddown down lightly lighUy without his help hardly hardlyglancing hardlyglancing hardlyglancing glancing at him They had nothing nothingto to say to each other as she leftThe left . . The Tbe Holokai Holokal s II boa boat t had hardly lefther left leftner lefther ner her side when Alakoa a s I chore shore launch launchput launchput launchput put out from the th dock bringing bringingthe bringingthe bringingthe the doctor for whom Dick bad had ra radioed radioed radtoed dioed . . . Tha The lame same cam * Japanese physi physician physiclan phylclan cian clan who had attended James JamesI JamesWayne JamesWayne JamesWayn I Wayne came cam * aboard the Holo Holo- Holokal Holokal Holokai - kai kal briskly bri kly looking as gravely avely wor worrled wortied worriad rled tied as hit his round moon of a face facewould facewould facewould would permit permlL Dick Dkk took him below belowat belowat belowat at once onceLllua onceLlluB onceLilua Lllua LlluB Lilua was resting resling more Quietly Quietlynqw quietlynew quietlynow nqw new under ' the detachedly watchful watchfulI watchfuleyes watchfuleyes watchfuleyes I eyes of the th Chines Chinese * mess mesa boy and andthe andthe 1 1the the Flliptno Fflfpfno Filipino cook . . . ' This 'This - gfa-l gfa l gh-I gh I girl - has bas been stabbed stabbedDick stabbedDick stabbedDick Dick told Dr Shimazu shortlyVery shortlyVery shortly shortlyVery Very little litUe has been done Don t tleave tleave tleave leave her until ehe she can properly be bemoved bemoved bemoved bemovedThe moved movedThe The Japanese evidently interest interested interested Interested ed by the notion noUot ) that Dick might mighthave mighthave mighthave have tabbed stabbed ( the girl himself blmself gave gaveDick gaveDick gaveDick Dick Wayrae WaYf\e WaYf e Wayne . \ a shrewd and curious curiouslook curiouslook curioustook look . . but without learning anything anything.and anythingand . , I Iand and Dick went on deckGarrett deck deckGarretl I IGarrett Garretl Garrett Waterson f I a vessel was wasstanding wasstanding wassiandinx standing in by now Already the themournful themournful themournful mournful blasts of her whistle wer"e were wer'e wer"ecalling wer'ecalling werWcallinc " ' calling for a pilot . Dick Wayne Waynedroppe Waynedropped Waynttdropped droppe dropped ' overside over.ide overide overaide . Into the launch launch.drove launchdrove . drove it out QUI of 01 the bay In & > a sbort short sbortcur shortcur shortcur cur Ulrouxh UJrough through the thl ! boil of ot Ur Ule the oreak oreakert oreakare oreaker ert are and went aboard the thr Sarah SarahA A stock ttocky stocky ) ' NorwFian Norwe-glan Norwe glan Norwegian - ( with a curly curlybru curlybro curlybro bru bro vn beard-his beard his beard - hi * name nam was Stahl ors - \ ' $ L e _ _ j'H jH ' r , _ _ # " : / . " 114 * 4 W c/ c cL / r " "f f r v y b brl1 L r rr , rl1 rl1r r ( , } Lho e ' tea , t 9 iP iPa iPt iPi . iPx a 4 t i # ) I x i 4i 'IC IC ' ' ! Br . JA JAS Y Yr 0.1 01 0.1Br . S Fr " r t f , A 1 1r 1"lion . r 'YOD YOD "lion lion ' " ' lee see . , . " . In-albJ In albJ lnyashl ; . - .ta ta aatd . ; . . . + iirpeaayweer aq butJ ; r rme me Diek ' . + a . .tare tare stare . . , "ff ff , . 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