heaven for that!" exclaimed Lady Fermanagh fervently. "Myra,
darling, you look ghastly. Doctor, please give Miss Rostrevor
something to pull her together."

"I'm quite all right, thanks," said Myra--and promptly disproved her
own statement by dropping limply into a deck-chair, covering her face
with her hands, and bursting into tears.

She speedily recovered herself, however, after she had been helped to
her state-room and persuaded to swallow some sal volatile, but she
still felt shaken and unnerved.

"Better lie down and rest for a little while until you have quite
recovered from the shock, Myra dear," advised Lady Fermanagh. "Don't
worry. You heard the doctor say that Tony will be quite all right and
isn't hurt."

"I don't understand it," said Myra, more to herself than to her aunt.
"Don Carlos meant to kill Tony, and yet he saved him. Does he want to
make himself out to be a hero simply to flatter still further his own
vanity, or is he trying to frighten me?"

"My dear Myra, what on earth are you talking about?" inquired Lady
Fermanagh in concern.

"Don Carlos undid the bolt of the rail against which Tony was leaning,"
explained Myra. "I saw him do it, but had no time to warn Tony. He
threatened this morning that he would murder Tony rather than let me
marry him. What can I do, Aunt?"

Lady Fermanagh shook her grey head, looking greatly concerned.

"I heard Don Carlos say something about being in a murderous mood, and
perhaps the accident to Tony was only an unfortunate coincidence," she
said.

"It was not an accident, Aunt," insisted Myra. "I tell you I saw him
slip back the bolt that holds the rail."

"But that may have been accidental, Myra," suggested her aunt. "Don
Carlos was talking at the time, and he may not have realised what he
was doing. You know how often one fiddles with something while one is
talking or thinking. Why, you are twiddling your necklace now, Myra,
without knowing you are doing it, and a minute ago you were twisting
your engagement ring round and round your finger. If Don Carlos had
been in earnest about murdering Tony is it likely he would have gone to
his rescue immediately the accident happened and risked his own life as
he did? Why, he could easily have let Tony drown?"

"Yes, that's true," agreed Myra, with a despairing gesture. "I don't
know what to make of it. I don't know what I should do. I feel now
that Tony's life is actually in danger. Should I wa