And when he had failed her, she had not gone to another.

She had kept her word, proving to him she was not a liar and a fraud, and he knew at last the courage of womanhood and the truth of her words, "You will understand--tomorrow." He kept the fight within himself.

Olaf did not see it as the dawn lightened swiftly into the beginning of day.

There was no change in the tense lines of his face and the grim resolution in his eyes.

And Olaf did not press his folly upon him, but kept the _Norden_ pointed seaward, adding still greater speed as the huge shadow of the headland loomed up in the direction of Hinchinbrook Island.