“I’ll ask the sailors if they permitted any stranger on deck while we were gone this morning,” Enid announced, “though I’m confident the note was brought here last night.”
She questioned the men in turn, only to learn that Rex had been the sole person to come aboard.
“I hope he comes back before evening,” Enid said anxiously. “If he can’t take me to my home at Bay City, I must find another means of getting there.”
“You’re still determined to go through with it?” Madge asked.
“Oh, yes, it’s the only way of saving Father.”
Madge started to speak, then waited as one of the sailors approached. He paused to address Enid.
“I beg your pardon, Miss Burnett. While I was swabbin’ down the deck, I found this here doodad. I thought maybe it belonged to you.”
He dropped a tiny trinket into her hand and turned away.
“It doesn’t belong to me,” Enid said. “Have you lost anything, Madge?”
“Why, no, what is it?”