And I wanted to tell you that I have been looking out for ships, but have not seen one.

I don't mean by that that I want you to go away almost as soon as you have come, but of course, if a merchant ship should anchor here, it would be dreadful for you not to know." "I am not sure," said Dickory gallantly, "that I am in a hurry for a ship.

It is truly very pleasant here." "What makes it pleasant ?" said the girl.
Dickory hesitated for a moment.

"The breeze from the forest," said he.
She laughed.

"It is charming," she said, "but there are so many places where there is just as good a breeze, or perhaps better.