19/24 But I could hoist you very well, if you would let me." "I would never think of such a thing. To come up like a keg! Captain Lyth, you must know that I never would be so disgraced." "Well, I was afraid that you might take it so, though I can not see why it should be any harm. We often hoist the last man so." "It is different with me," said Mary. "It may be no harm; but I could not have it." The free-trader looked at her bright eyes and color, and admired her spirit, which his words had roused. |