But, of course, that was his affair.

Mr.Carthew is rather a difficult gentleman to please, and very changeable-like.
We had all made sure that we were going to race here after winning the Cup at Ryde; and, indeed, after the race he said as much to the skipper." "Has he anyone with him ?" Frank asked.
"Only one gentleman, sir.

I don't know what his name was." "What was he like ?" "He was a smallish man, and thin, and didn't wear no hair on his face." "Thank you.

Here is a sovereign for your trouble.
"That is something, at any rate, George," he went on, as the man was rowed away.

"The whole proceeding is a very strange one, and you see the description of the man with Carthew exactly answers to that of the man who found out from the boat's crew that Dr.
Maddison was attending Lady Greendale; and now you see that it is quite possible that the Phantom is somewhere near, or was somewhere near yesterday afternoon.