There is a tear in his eye, but a radiant expression about the face.

What does the Oldfield's success mean to the Captain?
Perhaps Anne knows, as she throws him a tender recognition; perhaps she thinks of that song in "Sir Courtly Nice" which runs: "Oh, be kind, my dear, be kind, Whilst our Loves and we are Young; We shall find, we shall find, Time will change the face or mind, Youth will not continue long.
Oh, be kind, my dear, be kind.".