"And then I was at college, and then in the navy again.

At last I entered the merchant service and commanded my own ships for nearly twenty years." "How very extraordinary! Why then, you must have been everywhere." "Very nearly.

But I would much rather be in Billingsfield." "You never told me," said Mrs.Goddard almost reproachfully.

"What a change it must have been for you, from the sea to the life of a country gentleman!" "It is what I always wanted." "But you do not seem at all like the sea captains one hears about--" "Well, perhaps not," replied the squire thoughtfully.

"There are a great many different classes of sea captains.