“Who knows more?”
“And what kind of a boat father would like best?”
“None can tell that as well.”
“And Tris is home again?”
“That be true. Ann Trewillow told me, and she be working at the Abbey two days in the week.”
“Has Mr. Arundel bought the Abbey?”
“He has done that, and it be made a grand place now. And when Tris lost his boat trying to save your father’s life and boat, Mr. Arundel was with the coast-guard and saw him. And he said: ‘A fine young man! A fine young man!’ So the next thing was, he spoke to Tris and hired him to sail his yacht. And ’tis far off, by the way of Giberaltar, they have been––yet home at last, thank God!”
“Tris will be sure to come here, I suppose?”
“Ann Trewillow told him you were home––a widow, and all; he will be here as soon as he can leave the yacht. It is here he comes first of all as soon as he touches land again.”
“Then we will speak to him about the boat.”