"I liked the look of the boy much.

He was brave and modest, and a gentleman.

I spoke about him to the fishermen that night, and everyone had a good word for him; so I said to myself, 'I can't reward him for what he has done directly, but it may be that I can indirectly.' "Aggie is only a child, but she has a loving, faithful little heart, and I said to myself, 'If I throw her with this boy, who, she knows, has saved her life, for two years, she is sure to have a strong affection for him.' "Many things may happen afterwards.

If the squire takes her they will be separated.

He may get to care for someone, and so may she, but it's just giving him a chance.
"Then, too, I thought a little about myself.