Her arm was in a sling and there was a bandage around her forehead.

She walked, too, with the help of a stick.
She recognized them at once and waved it gaily.
"Hullo, you people ?" she cried.

"Soon run you to earth, eh ?" They were for a moment dumbfounded; Lenora was the first to find words.
"But when did you start, Laura ?" she asked.

"I thought you were too ill to move for weeks." The girl smiled contemptuously.
"I left three days after you, on the _Kaiser Frederic_," she replied.
"There was some trouble at Plymouth, and we came into Southampton early this morning, and here I am.

But, before we go any farther, tell me about Craig ?" "We've had him," Quest confessed, "and lost him again.