14/24 "As regards the young lady it cannot now alter your position. This gentleman must be--arranged for." "Oh, certainly," said the Captain. "I must be--arranged for, and that so soon as possible." The man spoke with a slightly foreign accent and in a tone, as Fred thought, which savoured altogether of the galleys. "You have done me the honour, I am informed, to make my daughter all your own. These estimable people assure me that you hasten to make her your wife on the instant. |