"You've changed your plans?"
"Yes. I'm going to quit mine-scouting out in these God-forsaken ends of the earth, and get back to where there's civilization. I think I'll buy a fruit ranch in Southern California. I've got enough capital. And what mining I do, I'll do it in California."
She scanned his face, amazed at what he was saying, and startled at his seriousness.
"Come below, and I'll tell you about
it," he said, and she went down before him.
"Marjorie," he said, seeing that Shanghai Tom was out of sight in the galley, and her father's door was closed, "I've been in love with you since that first night in the Manchuria. But I thought—well, I thought you had millions!"
"Wilkins told everybody we were rich." She put her hand on his arm so gently that he could scarcely feel its weight. "I—love you. I was sure of it when Doc aimed that revolver at you."
He swept her into his arms.
"Thank God you missed the Hong Kong boat," he said.
"I really wanted to see you again," she confessed.