I want--" She checked herself abruptly.

"I want to talk to you." "Oh, all right," said Captain Jack.

"He's gone back anyway.

Come along Annette, old girl.

I have been wanting to see you for a long time." "Well, you see me," said the girl, laughing up into his eyes with a frank, warm admiration in hers that made Captain Jack's heart quicken a bit in its steady beat.