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242 "And you—you?"

"He has my word that he can claim me when we get home."

For another moment in silence Hedon stared at her, then shut his eyes and swayed in a faint. She caught him as he was about to fall and laid him down gently on the sleeping shelf.

"Margaret," he murmured to her, "I know how you offered it."

"It was because I couldn't think of anything beyond finding you that I did it," she cried to him. "And now—Doctor!" she called. Doctor!""Doctor!" [sic]

Koehler came in. He took Hedon from her and after a moment sent her away. Though outwardly she was controlled, inwardly she was beside herself when Geoff came to her and told her of the cairns.

"What?" she cried. "How do you know Price had found one of Eric's cairns before he tried to turn the ship back?"

Geoff told her how they had found the cairns by the stone house thrown down, and that Latham had admitted doing it.