'You
have taken cowardly advantage of me. If you have a spark of decency
in you, you should be ashamed of yourself.'
"'Tut, tut,' he said, 'don't talk that kind of nonsense. You know
the world. You are no spring chicken.'--Yes, he did, Allan--I
remember that very phrase. And it made me so furious--you can't
imagine! I tried to get away again, but the more I struggled, the
more it seemed to enrage him. I was positively terrified. You know,
I don't believe there was another person on board that yacht except
his servants.
"'Mr. Waterman,' I cried, 'I tell you to take your hands off me. If
you don't, I will make a disturbance. I will scream.'
"'It won't do you any good,' he said savagely.
"'But what do you want me to do?" I protested.
"'I want you to love me,' he said.
"And then I began to struggle again. I shouted once or twice,--I am
not sure,--and then he clapped his hand over my mouth. Then I began
to fight for my life. I really believe I would have scratched the
old creature's eyes out if he had not heard you out in the hall.
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