seat near her.

"How can I take it easy?"

"We won't hurt you -- I'll give you my word on that."

She was about to say that his word was not worth giving, but
restrained herself. If she angered Baxter, there was no telling
what the follow might do.

"Is this a plot of Josiah Crabtree's?" she asked sharply.

Baxter started. "How did you -" he began, and stopped short.
"You had better not ask any questions."

"Which means that you will not answer any?"

"You can take it that way if you want to, Dora."

"It was a mean trick you played on me."

"Let's talk of something else. We are going to leave the Falcon
soon, and I want to know if you are going with us quietly?"

"Leave the Falcon?"

"Yes, at Cayuga."

"Are we there already?" gasped Dora in dismay.