"We should have a pretty quarrel with papa if he had let you go away altogether, after what you have done for us-- "Shouldn't we, Giulia ?" But Giulia had walked away to the window, and did not seem to hear the question.
"That will be very pleasant," Maria went on; "for you will be back every two or three months, and I shall take good care that papa does not send the ship off in a hurry again.

It will be almost as good as having a brother; and I look upon you almost as a brother now, Francisco--and a very good brother, too.

I don't think that man will molest us any more.

If I thought there was any chance of it, I should ask papa to keep you for a time, because I should feel confident that you would manage to protect us somehow." "I do not think there is the slightest chance of more trouble from him," Francis said.

"He is sure of a long term of imprisonment for carrying you off." "That is the least they can do to him, I should think," Maria said indignantly.