138/144 "If ye want to go inside and set on a chair," he suggested, "I'll not hender ye. I like the water best myself. "You see," he caught the permission lightly from Miss Dassonville's eyes, "we want to get married." "Ho!" said the captain, chirking up. "I could 'a' told ye that the fust time I laid eyes on ye. But I'll tell ye this: ye can't do nothing in a hurry in this country. |