He no longer went to Simmons's.

He didn't care for the crowd there, and knew they were all "down" on him.

Josiah Dimick called occasionally, and the Board of Strategy often, but their conversation was rather tiresome.

There were times when Captain Cy hated Bayport, the house he had "fixed up" with such interest and pride, and the old sitting room in particular.

The mental picture of comfort and contentment which had been his dream through so many years of struggle and wandering, looked farther off than ever.