"I don't want too many passengers, especially women I don't know.

But I often think there will be a gentleman passenger--one who really wants to go to Barbadoes and nowhere else.

Sometimes he is one kind of a gentleman and sometimes another, but he is never a soldier or a sailor, but rather one who loves to stay at home.

And now, sir, I think I must take my glass and try to pick out a ship from among the spots on the far distant waves." "Come on," said Lena, "do you like to fish! Because if you do, I can take you to a good place." The rest of the day Dickory spent with Mr.Mander and his wife, who were intelligent and pleasant people.

They talked of their travels, their misfortunes and their blessings, and Dickory yearned to pour out his soul to them, but he could not do so.