I'll see that somebody looks after the animals." Millicent felt dubious, though she was sleepy and tired.
"If anything happened to her pets, Mrs.Keith would not forgive me." "I'll engage that something will happen to some of them very soon unless you promise to go to your room," Blake laughed.

Then he called a deckhand.

"What have you to do ?" "Stand here until the watch is changed." "Then, you can keep an eye on these baskets.

If any of the beasts makes an alarming noise, send to my room, the second, forward, port side.

Look me up before we get to Montreal." "That's all right, sir," replied the man.
Blake turned to Millicent and held out his hand as she rose.
"Now," he said, "you can go to rest with a clear conscience." She left him with a word of thanks, wondering whether she had been indiscreet, and why she had told him so much.