"On the contrary, you have arrived at the best of all possible times--the time when our suspense is at an end.

The doctor has just told us that his poor little patient is out of danger.

You may imagine how happy we are." "And how grateful to God!" The Captain said those words in tones that trembled--speaking to himself.
Randal was conscious of feeling a momentary embarrassment.

The character of his visitor had presented itself in a new light.

Captain Bennydeck looked at him--understood him--and returned to the subject of his travels.
"Do you remember your holiday-time when you were a boy, and when you had to go back to school ?" he asked with a smile.