"Your education is only half completed, then," he said dryly, and turned to her.
"We are very hospitable upon the _Ghost_.

Mr.Van Weyden has discovered that.

We do everything to make our guests feel at home, eh, Mr.Van Weyden ?" "Even to the peeling of potatoes and the washing of dishes," I answered, "to say nothing to wringing their necks out of very fellowship." "I beg of you not to receive false impressions of us from Mr.Van Weyden," he interposed with mock anxiety.

"You will observe, Miss Brewster, that he carries a dirk in his belt, a--ahem--a most unusual thing for a ship's officer to do.

While really very estimable, Mr.Van Weyden is sometimes--how shall I say ?--er--quarrelsome, and harsh measures are necessary.