The rowers were moving more slowly now, talking and wondering as to the man who had been spying on them.

They passed her talking loudly.

One of them was threatening vengeance.

The girl waited until they had rowed a safe distance from her, after which she cautiously pushed her boat out and began rowing toward home.

Harriet was chuckling under her breath, but her eyes and ears were on the alert.
She had not forgotten that canoe.