On the contrary, as I have said before, you are a lucky dog." (Cardo grunted.) "Besides, you are not obliged to go.

It seems to me rather a quixotic affair altogether, and yet, by Jove! there is something in it that appeals to the poetic side of my nature.

You will earn your father's undying gratitude, and in the first gush of his happiness you will gain his consent to your marriage with Valmai.

Not a bad--rather a clever little programme." "Oh, it is all very well for you to talk like that, Ellis; but nothing you say can lessen the bitterness of parting from Valmai.

It is my own wish to go, and nothing shall prevent me; but I could bear the separation with much more fortitude if only--" And he stopped and looked landwards, where the indistinct grey blur was beginning to take the pattern of fields and cliffs and beach.
"If what ?" said Ellis, shifting the sail a little.
"If only I were married to Valmai." "Phew! what next ?" said Ellis, "married! Cardo Wynne, you are bringing things to a climax.