The true Cross, of which Alpha Crucis is the Southern Pole star, comes up over the horizon an hour after the false one." "But Captain Coke said he would see you and warn you of my visit." "I can only assure you that he did not.

Perhaps he thought it unnecessary--meaning to be on deck himself." "Must I wait here a whole hour, then ?" Hozier laughed.

It was amusing to find how Coke's marked effort to keep the girl and him apart had been defeated by a sailor's blunder.
"I hope the waiting will not weary you," he said.

"It is a beautiful night.

You will not catch cold if you are well wrapped up, and, no matter what you may think of the real Cross when you see it, you will never have a better chance of star-gazing.