But she had her own rigid notions of right and wrong, narrow perhaps, but of her very self, and she would not marry him, though his affection never wavered, even when he felt her foolishness the most.
It was strange, perhaps, that I should jump to sudden understanding of the matter when all my thoughts just then were of my own concerns.

But love, I think, if somewhat selfish, is a mighty quickener of the understanding, and even though all one's thoughts are upon one object, a fellow-feeling opens one's eyes to the signs elsewhere.
We talked much of the matter of my going, that night over the supper-table, or my grandfather and George Hamon did, while my mother and Krok and I listened.

And wonderful stories Uncle George told of the profits some folks had made in the privateering--tens of thousands of pounds to the owners in a single fortunate cruise, and hundreds to every seaman.
But my mother warmed to the matter not at all.

She sat gazing silently into the fire, and thought, maybe, of those who lost, and of those whose shares came only to the last cold plunge into the tumbling graveyard of the sea.
While as for me, in my own mind I saw visions of stirring deeds, and wealth and fame, and Carette seemed nearer to me than ever she had been since she went to Peter Port..