"It is very nice of you to pay so much respect to appearances," he said; "but I suppose you forgot that the vessel might come off the rocks at any moment and crush me, who was waiting." "Oh, no," she answered; "I thought of it.

I have always been accustomed to the sea, and know about such things." "And still you went for your dress and your trinkets ?" "Yes, because I was certain that it wouldn't happen and that no harm would come to either of us by waiting a few minutes." "Indeed, and who told you that ?" "I don't know, but from the moment that I saw you in the boat I was certain that the danger was done with--at least, the immediate danger," she added..