You see, I'd promised her I wouldn't ever go to sea again, and so--well, I was a dum idiot, I s'pose, but I wouldn't break the promise.
I knew the superintendent of lighthouses in this district, and I'd been an assistant keeper when I was younger.

I told him my yarn, and he told me about this job.

I changed my name, passed the examination and come directly here.

And here I've stayed ever since." He paused again.

Brown ventured to ask another question.
"And your--and the lady ?" he asked.