Then she told him of Captain Vince and the dreadful errand of the corvette Badger.
Having done this, Kate became as brave as any captain of a British man-of-war, and she told her lover that he must think no more of her; it was not for him to pay court to the daughter of a pirate.

And so, she blessed him and bade him farewell.
When she had signed and sealed this letter she felt as if she had torn out a chapter of her young life and thrown it upon the fire..