Do you think my appearance proves anything, Captain Lovelock ?" Captain Lovelock scrutinized Blanche's appearance with a fixed and solemn eye; and then he replied-- "It proves you are very lovely." Blanche kissed her finger-tips to him in return for this compliment.
"You only need to give Captain Lovelock a chance," she rattled on, "and he is as clever as any one.

That 's what I like to do to my friends--I like to make chances for them.

Captain Lovelock is like my dear little blue terrier that I left at home.

If I hold out a stick he will jump over it.

He won't jump without the stick; but as soon as I produce it he knows what he has to do.