Will you take me ?" "Of course, little woman, if you can pay." "Oh, yes," said Sara, undoing the corner of her pocket-handkerchief, "how much is it ?" and she held out a half-sovereign.
"Eight shillings--you pay in there," and he pointed to a red painted shed, "but look you here, little woman, that big pocket doesn't suit such a place as Cardiff, 'tis too easily got at; tie your money up tight and put it inside the breast of your gown." "Yes," said Sara, obeying, "and thank you." "Look alive, then, and I will take you on board." Sara found a seat near the prow of the ship.
"We'll have to tie a few weights to you by and by, I'm thinking, or you'll be blown away," said the captain, as he kindly arranged some boxes and baskets so as to shelter her a little from the strong March wind.
"Am I the only passenger ?" "Yes.

'Tis mostly goods we carry, but sometimes we have a stray passenger.

And where would you be going now so far from Garthowen Moor in your old age ?" Welsh curiosity is a quantity that has to be taken into account.
"I am going to Cardiff." "Yes, yes; but when you get there ?" "I don't know for sure." The captain looked grave.
"You have a daughter, perhaps, or a son at Cardiff ?" "No, neither," said Sara.

"'Tis the oldest son of Garthowen I am seeking for--Gethin Owens, have you ever seen him ?" "Gethin Owens!" said the captain, in a tone of surprise.

"What?
the dark brown chap with the white teeth and the bright eyes like a starling's ?"--Sara nodded--"and gold rings in his ears ?" "That's him," said Sara.