She saw that he hesitated, and all her doubts returned.
"When shall we reach port?" she asked.
"Within twenty hours, if the winds are favorable."
"And how long would it take to reach Jamaica?"
"Forty-eight hours, or even more."
"Thank you."
"Miss Decatur, I see you do not trust me. I will send for one who may perhaps have more influence with you than I have."
"If you do I shall kill myself," she exclaimed angrily.
"Shall you? We shall see."
He hastily wrote a line on a slip of paper and gave it to a deckhand to deliver.