Conduct worthy of Sir Charles Grandison himself.

When I went downstairs to thank him, he was gone--and here we have been for nearly three weeks; sometimes seeing the Captain's yacht, but, to our great surprise, never seeing the Captain himself." "There's nothing to be surprised at, Mrs.Presty.Captain Bennydeck likes doing kind things, and hates being thanked for it.

I expected him to meet me here to-day." Catherine went to the window.

"He is coming to meet you," she said.
"There is his yacht in the bay." "And in a dead calm," Randal added, joining her.

"The vessel will not get here, before I am obliged to go away again." Catherine looked at him timidly.