"The only thing to be decided now is, shall we tell Stephanie?" he went on.
"Tell me what?" asked the girl, coming into the room and overhearing the last words.
"I--er--" Harnash hesitated. "About our castaways, the man we picked up--"
"Is he alive yet? Will he live?"
"Dr. Welch guarantees it," answered her father. "He has been badly buffeted, his arm is cut and bruised, and he is prostrated from physical and nervous strain."
"Is he conscious yet?"
"No, but Welch thinks he will be when he wakes up. How about your patient?"
"She's all right. She's conscious and Dr. Welch says that she only needs nourishment and rest. She's asleep now, I imagine."
"Who is she? What is she?" asked her father.
"She didn't say a word. She must be a Polynesian, although she looks strangely like a European, especially since we clothed her for the night."