So she will not take quite kindly to it, at first; but you mustn't mind that.

Fond of Frances as she is, she will soon come round, if she finds that the girl's happiness is really concerned in the matter.
"Take my advice, and don't push it till we get near the end of the voyage.

If Frances says yes, she is the sort of girl to stick to it; and as I am with you, you may be quite sure it will come right in the long run; but we might not have a very pleasant time of it during the remainder of the voyage, you know, and as things have gone on so pleasantly, it would be a pity to spoil them." Thus it was that Mr.Hudson nodded, when the young officer of the constabulary said that his indebtedness to Reuben was equal to his own.
"Yes," he said, "if it had been one of the sailors, I could have set the matter right by drawing a big cheque, and I shouldn't have cared how big; but with this young fellow I do not quite see my way.

However, I will shift the responsibility, by leaving the matter in Frances' hands--women are much better hands at things of this sort, that require a light touch, than we are.

I do not wonder that she and Miss Furley are shaken.