The good Dominie Sinclair had met them both one day on the beach, and insisted on their forgiving and shaking hands.

Neither of them were sorry to do so.

Men who have shared the dangers of the deep-sea fishing and the stormy Northern Ocean together cannot look upon each other as mere parts of a bargain.

There was, too, a wild valor and a wonderful power in emergencies belonging to Ragon that had always dazzled John's more cautious nature.

In some respects, he thought Ragon Torr the greatest sailor that left Stromness harbor, and Ragon was willing enough to admit that John "was a fine fellow," and to give his hand at the dominie's direction.
Alas! the good man's peacemaking was of short duration.