When a messenger came for Dr. Sadao, why did Hana become frightened?

It was the afternoon and Hana was busy in her chores. Suddenly, she saw a messenger in the official uniform at the doorstep. Her hands became weak and she could not draw her breath. She thought that the servants must have told the secret about the soldier. She saw to Sadao gasping. The messenger too followed her.

After giving first aid to the enemy soldier, Dr. Sadao and his wife Hana wanted to throw him back into the sea. It was because the enemy’s presence in the house would lead to them death penalty. They would be called traitors. It was illegal to save and shelter an enemy in the house.

Old gardner was a person of superstitions. He wanted that the white man should die. First he was shot and then he was caught in the sea. The gardner believed that American soldier had a fate of death.