I will go indoors for half an hour, and then I shall be quite right again.
"My friend is no one particular.

He is Major Mallett's factotum.

He only brought me up a message, but as I know all the men on the Osprey, and have not been on board this season, of course there was a good deal to ask about." "Well, you must get well as soon as you can," Miss Haverley said.
"You know we shall leave in half an hour for the yacht, so as to get under way in time for the start." At the appointed time, Bertha joined the party below.

Her eyes looked heavy and her cheeks were flushed, but she assured Miss Haverley that she felt quite herself now, and that she was sure that the sea air would set her up altogether.

The schooner was under way a quarter of an hour before the gun was fired, and sailed east, as the course was twice round the Nab and back.
Yachts were flitting about in all directions, for a light air had only sprung up during the last half hour.
"There is the Phantom," Lord Haverley said.