"I don't wonder at you making a fool of yourself.

Chances are, you've caught the fever, though this breeze will help to blow it out of us, please God.

That old jackass, Blunt, too!--he ought to be ashamed of himself, at his age!" "What do you mean ?" asked Frere hastily, as he heard a step approach.
"What has Blunt to say about her ?" "Oh, I don't know," returned Pine.

"He was smitten too, that's all.

Like a good many more, in fact." "A good many more!" repeated the other, with a pretence of carelessness.
"Yes!" laughed Pine.