Were you among the saved yourself ?" "I?
Oh, I haven't been sick for twenty years--sea-sick, I mean." "There are three stages of convalescence, I always say," broke in the hearty voice of Willoughby.

"The milk stage, the bread-and-butter stage, and the roast-beef stage.

I should say you were at the bread-and-butter stage." He handed him the plate.
"Now, I should advise a hearty tea, then a brisk walk on deck; and by dinner-time you'll be clamouring for beef, eh ?" He went off laughing, excusing himself on the score of business.
"What a splendid fellow he is!" said Richard.

"Always keen on something." "Yes," said Helen, "he's always been like that." "This is a great undertaking of his," Richard continued.

"It's a business that won't stop with ships, I should say.