When I came up I was calmer.

Edith came towards me; all dripping as I was, she placed her hands upon my shoulders.

"How grand you are!" she said.

"I am," I answered; then I added, "Miss Croyden, for Heaven's sake don't touch me on the ear.

I can't stand it." I turned from her and looked out over the sea.
Presently I heard something like a groan behind me.