"I've been thinking what to do." "You'll help me ?" said she, to dispel her last doubt--a very faint doubt, for his words and his way of uttering them had dispelled her real anxiety.
"Help you ?" cried he heartily.

"All I can.

I've got a scheme to propose to you.

You say you can't take the mail boat ?" "They know me.

I--I'm from Sutherland." "You trust me--don't you ?" "Indeed I do." "Now listen to me--as if I were your brother.