I must go!" Insane with despair, he leaped to his feet and would have dashed down the steep into the death-dealing breakers had not his companion, with a sharp cry, clutched his arm.

He turned fiercely, ready to strike her in his frenzy.

His glaring eyes met hers, sweet, wide, and imploring, and their influence told at once upon him.

A rush of quiet almost benumbed him, so immediate was the reaction from violence to submission.
"You must not do that!" she cried in horror.
"Let me save her, for God's sake.

I cannot leave her to the sea." "Be calm!" she wailed.