Constance laughed.
"Perhaps she knew dad years ago," she said.
"What do you think Mr. Pyne said about her?"
"How can I tell? Did you speak of her to him?"
"I told him she had fainted when you delivered his message. He said: 'Guess she can faint as easy as I can fall off a house.' Isn't he funny?"
"I think he is splendid," said Constance.
The wreck was now wholly demolished. The first big wave of the retreating tide enveloped the lighthouse and smote it with thunderous malice. Screams came from the women's quarters.
"Go, Enid," said Constance. "Tell them they have nothing to fear. They must expect these things to happen for nearly two hours. Tell them what dad said. Twenty-five years, you know."
Brave hearts! What infinite penetration inspired the man who first said "Noblesse oblige!"
Constance looked in at the kitchen. Pyne loomed through a fog of steam.