"I do not know—give up the search, I suppose, since it seems utterly useless to continue it. Poor, ill-fated little Christie!"
"Has Mrs. Tom returned to the island?"
"Yes."
"And Miss Campbell?"
"She is here, where she intends remaining."
"How does she bear this news?"
"Oh, she seems terribly excited, I must say; and I do not wonder at it. She insisted on going with them to the island, and aiding in the search; and has been walking up and down the room, like one half crazy, since their return."
"Very singular agitation to be produced by the death of a girl she did not like, isn't it?" said Courtney, in a peculiar tone.
"Why, Edgar! who could help being agitated at so dreadful a deed. Every one is horror-stricken."
"You are not thus agitated, Laura!"