"Perhaps Crabtree got both of them into Canada and then cast Dora adrift."
There was now a stir on the ship, and a fat old sailor came on deck.
"How long you say we stay in dees island, hey?" he asked, in a strong
French-Canadian accent.
"We will sail as soon as the sun goes down," answered Josiah Crabtree.
"I no lak to stay here," went on the sailor, "You no pay for to stay here."
"I will pay you for your full time," answered the ex-school-teacher smoothly. "Do not worry on that account."
"You go on de land, hey?"
"I think not. We shall set sail for Nestwood, as I told you before."
"Is Dora at Nestwood?" questioned Mrs. Stanhope.
"I expect to meet her there. But she may not show up until after the wedding, my dear."