`` You 'll be in the bottomless pit in another moment if you do n't look out . '' `` He certainly must be a lunatic , '' said Katherine to herself , `` or else he 's drunk . What am I to do ? '' `` Come in , I tell you , '' insisted the stranger . `` What in the world do you mean by wading out to such a place ? Why , it 's madness . '' Katherine 's indignation got the better of her fear . `` I do not think I am trespassing , '' she called back as icily as possible . The stranger did not seem to be snubbed at all . He came down to the very edge of the rocks where Katherine could see him plainly . He was dressed in a somewhat well-worn grey suit and wore spectacles . He did not look like a lunatic , and he did not seem to be drunk . `` I implore you to come in , '' he said earnestly . `` You must be standing on the very brink of the bottomless pit . '' He is certainly off his balance , thought Katherine . He must be some revivalist who has gone insane on one point . I suppose I 'd better go in . He looks quite capable of wading out here after me if I do n't . She picked her steps carefully back with her precious specimens . The stranger eyed her severely as she stepped on the rocks .
`` I should think you would have more sense than to risk your life in that fashion for a handful of seaweeds , '' he XXXXX .
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