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This was somehow disturbing , but with a half-conscious wish to shirk the truth he would not inquire bluntly why it disturbed him . He wanted the girl to be happy , and had thought it best for her that she should give up the attempt to find the lode . Now he must readjust his views , and it was hard to see what place there would be for him in her affairs if she became the owner of a rich mining claim . Next morning they made a difficult portage to another lake , and launching the canoes at noon found the wind blowing fresh . The lake was wide , and when by and by an angry sea got up Thirlwell reluctantly steered for the shelter of a rocky point . They had covered very little ground since they started , and there was only another day of the fortnight left . After supper some of the men went fishing , and Drummond set off alone along the beach , while Agatha and Thirlwell sat among the rocks where the pungent wood-smoke drifted past and kept the mosquitoes off .