But I had never thought about a captain's daughter.

For two cents I was ready to throw the voyage over and return on the tug to Baltimore.
By the time the wind caused by our speed had chilled me bitterly, I noticed Miss West coming along the narrow deck, and could not avoid being struck by the spring and vitality of her walk.

Her face, despite its firm moulding, had a suggestion of fragility that was belied by the robustness of her body.

At least, one would argue that her body must be robust from her fashion of movement of it, though little could one divine the lines of it under the shapelessness of the furs.
I turned away on my heel and fell moodily to contemplating the mountain of luggage.

A huge packing-case attracted my attention, and I was staring at it when she spoke at my shoulder.
"That's what really caused the delay," she said.
"What is it ?" I asked incuriously.
"Why, the _Elsinore's_ piano, all renovated.