3/49 "I have given my word--written it--entered into a most solemn obligation. Somehow, the prospect of reaching a civilized place to-morrow induces a more ordered state of mind than has been possible since--since the _Andromeda_ was lost." "Who is he ?" demanded Hozier darkly. So is Watts. "Before I met you, before we spoke to each other that first day at Liverpool, I had promised to marry Mr.Bulmer, an old friend of my uncle's----" "Oh,--he? |