You see"-- and she bent nearer, confidentially, with a mysterious little nod of her pretty head--"you see, Jack Ruthven is a little insane.

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You are surprised?
Pooh! I've suspected it for months." He stared at her; then: "Where are you stopping ?" "Aboard the _Niobrara_." "Is Mrs.Fane a guest there, too ?" He spoke loud enough for Rosamund to hear; and she answered for herself with a smile at him, brimful of malice: "Delighted to have you come aboard, Captain Selwyn.