Unless you give Miss King some good reason for refusing you, she'll marry you as soon as ever you ask her.

And if I were you I'd ask her to-morrow.

We'll land on an island for luncheon.

The Major and I will slip off by ourselves and give you your opportunity." "I'm not sure--" "Come now, Simpkins, have you anything against the girl?
Has anybody been circulating stories about her of any sort?
I know this is a gossipy sort of place, and--" "Oh no; it's simply that I don't know her." "If that's all," said Meldon, "a day in the _Spindrift_ will set it right.

You'll be surprised how intimate you become with a person when you're sitting for hours crammed up against him or her in the cockpit of a five-ton yacht.