“That was his tone all along.  He was perfectly respectful, perfectly polite.  Sometimes for days not a word would be exchanged between us; sometimes he would come up and talk, or rather, try to talk, for it was seldom that he got any answer from me.  As a rule I sat in my deck chair with Anna beside me, and he sat on the other side of the deck, or walked up and down, smoking or talking with that man who was with him.

“So it went on till the afternoon when we saw you.  As I told you, he made us go down at once.  I could see that he was furiously angry and excited.  The steward came to our cabin early in the morning, and said that Mr. Carthew requested that we would dress and come up at once.  As I was anxious to know what was going on, I did so; and he said when we came on deck, ’I am very sorry, Miss Greendale, but I have to ask you to go on shore with us at once.’

“I had no idea where we were, save that it was somewhere in the island of San Domingo; but I was ready enough to go ashore, thinking that I might see some white people that I could appeal to.

“I did speak to some negroes as we landed, but he said, ’It is of no use your speaking to them, Miss Greendale, for none of them understands any language but his own.’

“I saw that they did not understand me, at any rate.  I was frightened when I saw that four of the sailors were going with us, and that a dozen of the blacks, armed with muskets, also formed round us.  I said that I would not go afoot, but Carthew answered: 

“’It would pain me greatly were I obliged to take such a step; but if you will not go, there is no course open to me but to have you carried.  I am sorry that it should be so, but for various reasons it is imperative that you should take up your abode on shore for the present.’

“Seeing that it was useless to resist, I started with him.  A short distance on, two blacks came up with the horses, which had evidently been sent for.  We mounted, and were taken up among the hills to the place where you found us.  Every mile that we went I grew more frightened, for it seemed to me that it was infinitely worse being in his power up in those hills, than on board his yacht, where something might happen by which I might be released from him.  Those huts you saw had been built beforehand, so that he had evidently been preparing to take us there if there should be any reason for leaving the yacht.  There was bedding and a couple of chairs and a table in ours.

“In the morning, while still speaking politely, he made it evident to me that he considered he could take a stronger tone than before.