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`` And , really , I do n't believe there 's any danger here . Mr. Holmes is n't on the yacht , and these men wo n't do anything until he is there to direct them . I shall telegraph to Mr. Jamieson in the morning , and he will probably come here . He can reach here by noon , and I think we will be all right here until then . '' Dolly said nothing more to her , but when she was alone with Bessie she expressed herself more freely . `` I 'm afraid of those men , '' she said , with a shiver . `` I think they 're far more dangerous than the gypsies were .