Miss Oliver thought you were Frank when she saw you . '' `` I do n't feel much like myself but I 'm not Frank anyway . He 's dead , poor chap -- got shot in a spat with Chinese pirates three years ago . '' `` Dead ! Man , are you speaking the truth ? Are you certain ? '' `` Pop sure . His mate told me the whole story . Say , preacher , what 's the matter ? You look as if you were going to keel over . '' Alan hastily drank a glass of water . `` I -- I am all right now . I have n't been feeling well of late . '' `` Guess you did n't do yourself any good going out into that freezing water and dragging me in . '' `` I shall thank God every day of my life that I did do it , '' said Alan gravely , new light in his eyes , as Emily entered the room . `` Miss Oliver , when will the Captain and Lynde be back ? '' `` They said they would be home by four . '' She looked at Alan curiously . `` I will go and meet her , '' he said quickly . He came upon Lynde , sitting on a grey boulder under the shadow of an overhanging fir coppice , with her dogs beside her .
She turned her head indifferently XXXXX Alan 's footsteps sounded on the pebbles , and then stood slowly up .
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