No question o' that, to my mind or any. But,"
he added, with a wistful look, "I'll ask ye to do it easy, Lady. It'll
be sudden like for the--for the young lady. And--she ain't used to
bein' took sudden, my ways bein' in a manner slow. You'll happen find
her a little quick, Lady, in her ways, she bein' used to a person
as was in a manner slow, and havin' to be quick for two, so to say.
But it's the sparkle o' gold, Lady, and a glint o' diamonds."
But the lady was weeping, and could not answer; so Captain January
turned to her husband, who met him with a warm grasp of the hand,
and a few hearty and kindly words.
"And now I'll leave ye with the minister for a minute, Lady and
Gentleman," the Captain said; "for Bob Peet is a-signallin' me as
if he'd sprung a leak below the water line, and all hands goin' to
the bottom."
Bob, who had withdrawn a few paces after beaching his boat, was indeed
making frantic demonstrations to attract the Captain's attention,
dancing and snapping his fingers, and contorting his features in
strange and hideous fashion.
"Well, Bob," said the old man, walking up to him, "what's up with
you, and why are ye h'istin' and lowerin' your jib in that onarthly
fashion?"
Bob Peet seized him by the arm, and led him away up the beach.
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