The Stranger Proves a Friend in Need "Just in time!" exclaimed Miles with a sob of relief.

He would have been most horribly ashamed of tears at any other time, but Katherine's danger had been so imminent that even his natural desire for manliness was forgotten for the moment.
Katherine drew a long breath and set her teeth firmly.

She was trembling violently now the strain was over, and it was all she could do to keep from bursting into noisy crying.

But the stranger was shivering too, and in her care for him she forgot her own foolish desire for tears.
"You are as wet as I am, and as cold.

Can you row ?" she asked, remembering the strength of arm he had displayed in dragging her out of the water.
"Yes, and shall be glad to do it.