He had reached the ship, he said, with another; found the box, and trusted himself alone with it to the sea.

But in the surf he had to abandon it to save himself.

It had perhaps drifted ashore, and might be found; for himself, he abandoned his claim to the reward.

Had he looked abashed or mortified, Jenny felt that she might have relented, but the braggart was as all-satisfied, as confident and boastful as ever.

Nevertheless, as his eye seemed to seek hers, she was constrained, in mere politeness, to add her own to her father's condolences.