And I am not at all sure that I could gain anything by speaking.

We are good friends,--she and I,--but I doubt if she cares a cent for me any other way." "As to that," the captain said in kindly tone and with his pleasant smile, "I still have the happiness of believing that, as yet, her father holds the first place in her heart.

I cannot hope that it will be so always--perhaps I ought not to wish it; but I do rejoice in the firm conviction that such is the fact at present." "No one can blame you for that, sir," Chester said, rising to take leave, "but, ungenerous as it sounds, I cannot help hoping that, one of these days, I may be able to shift your position to the second place, taking the first myself.

It sounds dreadful selfish, but fathers have to give way to lovers and husbands if the human race is to continue.

I hope to be here in the morning, captain, a little after nine o'clock, with a carriage, to take Miss Lu to the wharf where the boat will be lying.