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Rh alibi, absolutely false, he was released from arrest in Cornwall.

"I must, therefore, keep this man in confinement," the captain continued, "till I can put him into the hands of the officers waiting for him at New York. But as this despatch seems uncertain as to the entire extent of your complicity with this man, my dear young lady, in spite of the damaging evidence you have just given against him and yourself, I prefer to be as lenient toward you as possible. I believe that if you report yourself to the head stewardess, I shall merely hold her responsible for your care till we reach America."

The captain, with the miserable Preston beside him, bowed and passed on. The girl turned, beaten and helpless, to the Englishman; but he was considerately looking ahead over the bow at the clear, smooth water which the vessel ploughed through steadily, speedily, as it felt the nearer challenge of the land.

"High field is absolutely certain to win 324