"I wonder who he was?"
"Don't know, but he was a good plucked 'un," said Brack, and proceeded to tell her all about the throttling of the hound.
"He must be a very desperate character," she said.
"It's enough to make a man desperate," said Brack.
"What was he in prison for?" she asked.
"Murder, so I've heard," said Brack.
She started.
"What murder, where?"
"Somewhere up in Yorkshire, I believe," said Brack, who was now watching her. He saw her turn pale and clutch the side of the boat with one hand.
"Takes an uncommon interest in it," he thought. "Wonder who she is?"