CHAPTER XII.
THE SAFE HAVEN In the days that followed, Mrs.Peck's honest soul was both vexed and anxious concerning her charge.

She found Columbine extraordinarily reticent.

As she herself put it, it was impossible to get any sense out of her.
In compliance with the doctor's order and by the exercise of extreme self-restraint, she refrained from questioning her upon the matter of her behaviour on the night of the great tide.

That Columbine would have enlightened her had she done so was exceedingly doubtful.

But there was no doubt that something very unusual had taken place.