"If I hadn't noticed that the rope was freshly cut, I should have thought it an accident," she went on.
"Naturally!" I said.
"And then, again, how came you in the boat?"
"To be sure!" I nodded.
"Still, I can scarcely believe that you would wilfully jeopardise both our lives--my life!"
"A man who would do such a thing," I exclaimed, carried away by the heat of the moment, "would be a--a----"
"Yes," said Lisbeth quickly, "he would."
"--And utterly beyond the pale of all forgiveness!"
"Yes," said Lisbeth, "of course."
"And," I was beginning again, but meeting her searching glance, stopped. "And you forgave me, Lisbeth," I ended.