? ? ? ? "`Never to return,'" muttered D'Arnot, and threw himself face downward upon the cot.
? ? ? ? An hour later he started up listening. Something was at the door trying to enter.
? ? ? ? D'Arnot reached for the loaded rifle and placed it to his shoulder.
? ? ? ? Dusk was falling, and the interior of the cabin was very dark; but the man could see the latch moving from its place.
? ? ? ? He felt his hair rising upon his scalp.
? ? ? ? Gently the door opened until a thin crack showed something standing just beyond.
? ? ? ? D'Arnot sighted along the blue barrel at the crack of the door--and then he pulled the trigger.
? ? ? ? When the expedition returned, following their fruitless endeavor to succor D'Arnot, Captain Dufranne was anxious to steam away as quickly as possible, and all save Jane had acquiesced.
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