All three in one ship--think of that! And I have not heard of them for months!' 'But the time is not up.

You should not meet misfortune half-way.' 'Nothing will repay me for the grief of their absence!' 'Then why did you let them go?
You were doing fairly well.' 'I made them go!' she said, turning vehemently upon Emily.

'And I'll tell you why! I could not bear that we should be only muddling on, and you so rich and thriving! Now I have told you, and you may hate me if you will!' 'I shall never hate you, Joanna.' And she proved the truth of her words afterwards.

The end of autumn came, and the brig should have been in port; but nothing like the _Joanna_ appeared in the channel between the sands.

It was now really time to be uneasy.