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Rh "Geoffie," she said to her brother, "I want you to witness this. I promised to marry this man if he carried out certain conditions which now are complete. I give him my word that, no matter what we find in any later search which is forced on him, I will marry him, according to our agreement, when we return home."

"I'll witness no such thing!" Geoff cried, and struck their hands apart. "So that was the way of it, was it?" He faced Latham.

The man made no reply.

"Price," Margaret said, "I think we now understand each other. You had my word before. I've acknowledged your conditions fulfilled."

She went out and shut the door. Geoff stood dumb in the cabin with Latham. A shout from above summoned him up:

"To the engine room, one of you! We're getting under way."