"She hasn't come yet," she replied, "but she will, I'm sure—I know she will."
"How did you come to find her?" demanded the captain suspiciously.
Annie hesitated a moment and glanced at Mr. Jeffries. Then she said hesitatingly:
"That I—I cannot say—now."
Captain Clinton's massive bulldog jaw closed with an ominous click.
"Decline to answer, eh? What's her name?"
She remained silent.
"What's her name?" he repeated impatiently.
"I cannot tell you," she said firmly.
"Do you know it?" he bellowed.