"But no matter where I go, I'll find an American old woman with a girl to marry.

They all carry the Hof Kalender in their pockets, and know every bachelor in Germany." The captain watched him attentively.

"I don't believe those women inside mean to drive any marriage bargain with you, Hugo," he said gruffly.

"I doubt whether the little mees would marry you if you asked her.

Her dot, I hear, is e-normous!" waving his hand upward as if to mountain heights.