Men with this quality become captains-general of armies or of money-bags.

In a man it signifies force; in a woman, charm.
Kitty searched diligently and found the object of her quest on the main-deck, starboard, leaning against one of the deck supports and reading from a book which lay flat on the broad teak rail, in a blue shadow.

The sea smiled at Kitty and Kitty smiled at the sea.

Men are not the only adventurers; they have no monopoly on daring.

And what Kitty proposed doing was daring indeed, for she did not know into what dangers it might eventually lead her.
"Mr.Webb ?" Thomas looked up.