It was to hide her throat that she had fled.

He saw Ballantyne go up to his wife, he heard his voice and noticed that her face grew grave and hard.
"So you have come to your senses," he said in a low tone.

Stella passed him and did not answer.

It was, then, upon the question of that necklace that their voices had been raised when he reached the camp.

He had heard Ballantyne's, loud and dominant, the voice of a bully.