"Can you take us into the bay, Mr. MacNicol?" said she, without staying to consult Käthchen.
"Aw, yes, mem, zurely."
"For it is a long way to have come—and—and I am anxious to see Mr. Ross."
"Aw, very well, mem," said Archie, at once altering his course.
And then she said, looking all round the bay:
"But where is the yacht?"
"Is it Mr. Ross's yat, mem? It wass lying in Camus Bheag when I wass coming aweh last evening."
"And was Mr. Ross on board?" Käthchen asked, with a quick sense of relief.
"Indeed I am not zure of that," said Archie. "For mebbe he wass sending the men over to the mainland, and himself staying on the island."
"In any case, Käthchen, that need not matter to you," Mary interposed. "You can remain where you are, and I will go up to the house by myself. Why should you bother about my business affairs?"