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 stemming a way through the crowd on the backs of porters, bound for the tender's deck. She could not let them out of her sight.

"Wait, Jane!" His hands were on her arms, and he would not let her go. "Will you be my teacher? I want no other."

"My terms are high." She tried to smile, though trembling lips belied her.

"I'd pay with my life," he whispered in a quick gust of passion. "Here's my promise"

He took her in his arms, and between them passed the world-old pledge of man and girl.