He could tell the facts of her disguise and the manner of her leaving home to the captain of the vessel, and induce him to send her ashore as a stray girl, to be returned to her relatives.

But this would only make her furious with him; and he must not alienate her from himself, at any rate.

He might plead with her in the name of duty, for the sake of her friends, for the good name of the family.

She had thought all these things over before she ran away.

What if he should address her as a lover, throw himself at her feet, implore her to pity him and give up her rash scheme, and, if things came to the very worst, offer to follow her wherever she went, if she would accept him in the only relation that would render it possible.