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"Oh, I hardly know! I heard so little of what they were saying, because they talked so low!" she told him, her eyes round with newly-awakened fears. "But don't you see, they might mistake Jack in the dark for you?"
"Do you mean you have a suspicion some one intends to knock me down, if it can be done in the gloom of the night, Bessie?" he asked her.
"Yes, I am afraid it means just that! But please let us go and find Jack!" she begged, in a low, thrilling tone.
Of course Tom needed no urging. His heart was beating tumultuously as he left his chair and, followed by the eager girl, passed from the dim cabin to the utter darkness of the promenade deck. He was almost afraid of what he might find there.
