She stumbled at first, but quickly fell into stride with him.

Men's shouts were now added to the clamour.
"I know,--I know," she cried in his ear.

"It has happened, just as I said it would.

Some of these men are beasts." "Then, there's hell to pay," he grated.
They reached her cabin just as the door was thrown open.

The three startled coryphees filled the entrance.