She had been helping the doctor in an important operation.

The building was but half way between the Station and Warehold, which made it easier for the captain to keep his eye on the sea should there be any change in the weather.
Jane listened to the captain's outburst covering the announcement that Bart was alive without a comment.

Her face paled and her breathing came short, but she showed no signs of either joy or sorrow.

She had faced too many surprises in her life to be startled at anything.

Then again, Bart alive or dead could make no difference now in either her own or Lucy's future.
The captain continued, his face brightening, his voice full of hope: "And your troubles are all over now, Miss Jane; your name will be cleared up, and so will Archie's, and the doctor'll git his own, and Lucy kin look everybody in the face.