"I—I don't know," dazedly.
"Better think quickly," he warned; "I want lucid answers to my questions or back you go into the water. I'm about at the end of my rope. I've been beaten too many times, my girl, to have any particular love for you. Now, where is your father?"
"I don't know; I have never seen him."
Braine laughed.
And Jim's boat ran afoul some rocks and into the water he went. He had not attracted Braine's attention, fortunately. He began to swim toward the drifting launch.
"Where have they hidden that money?"
"I don't know."
"Well, well; I've given you your chance. You'll have to try your luck with the water again."
Florence, weak as she was, set her lips.
"You don't ask for mercy?" he said banteringly.