Don't you want to talk to her?
I know you do.

I see it in your face.

You think it will be irksome for me, but, never mind, we need not stay long.

I must not be selfish nor indulge in the wish to keep you all to myself.

I know you want to talk to Miss Meadowsweet, and so you shall,--I _won't_ have you balked." Here he raised his voice.
"Mrs.Bell, will you steer over to Miss Meadowsweet's boat?
Miss Matty, here, has something to say to her." Not an earthly thing had Matty to communicate to her friend, but the captain had managed to put the matter in such a light that she could only try to look pleased, and pretend to acquiesce.
"Oh, yes, she had always lots to say to her darling Bee," she murmured.
And then, somehow, her poor little silly spirits went down, and she had a sensation of feeling rather flat.
As will be seen by the foregoing remarks, Captain Bertram had a rare gift for making killing and funny speeches.
Matty had over and over pronounced him to be the most brilliantly witty person she had ever in the whole course of her life encountered.