"I didn't say nothing when you was talking to Miss Kate, but I knew well enough." "Ah," said Hardy again.

There was no mistaking the significance of the steward's remarks, and he found them somewhat galling.

It was all very well to make use of his humble friend, but he had no desire to discuss his matrimonial projects with him.
"It's a great pity," pursued the unconscious Mr.Wilks, "just as everything seemed to be going on smoothly; but while there's life there's 'ope." "That's a smart barge over there," said Hardy, pointing it out.
Mr.Wilks nodded.

"I shall keep my eyes open this afternoon," he said reassuringly.

"And if I get a chance of putting in a word it'll be put in.