“You must wait, Annie. No one is going to hurt you. If you had known what you were doing, you never would have come. It's no place for a woman. But now that you have done this, now that you are here, I think you had better stay and see with your own eyes what you have done. Then perhaps you will believe me.”
Poor Annie could say nothing more. Her head whirled. She let him lead her back along the roadway.
Close to the spot where she had turned off to reach the schooner Beveridge stopped. In a moment he was joined by another man.
“Bert?”
“Yes. What is it? Want me to take her home?”
“No. Wait here, in case I call. And have an eye on the other boat.”
“You aren't going to take her back there?”
“Never you mind what I'm going to do.”
“But look here, Bill! This is no place for—”
“Do what you're told and keep still.”