Anita had fainted!
CHAPTER XIV.
THE TRANSIENT TRIUMPH.
Redburn sprung from his seat, ran over to her side, and raised her tenderly in his arms.
"Poor thing!" he murmured, gazing into her pale, still face, "the shock was too much for her. No wonder she fainted." He laid her on the couch, and kept off the others who crowded around.
"Bring cold water!" he ordered, "and I will soon have her out of this fit."
Alice hastened to obey, and Anita's face and hands were bathed in the cooling liquid until she began to show signs of returning consciousness.
"You may now give me the particulars of the affair," Redburn said, rising and closing the door, for a chilly breeze was sweeping into the cabin.