Chapter 47

She pulled in her lines, baited them again with the little silver fish such as is used for the purpose and threw them out again. This made a little noise and drowned the click of a tiny steel grapnel thrown by somebody hiding in the grass. She felt the boat drifting in again and paddled. But there were two strong arms pulling the canoe. Before she realised her danger, the boat was pulled into the rushes, a hand at her throat strangled her screams. “Woman, if you make a noise I will kill you!” said a voice in her ea…