"Where is Felix?"
"You will see him soon. Did you think I was not coming?"
"I knew you would come. I told Snap so, and everybody. Are you Felix's brother?"
"No, my lass. What makes you think so?"
"You speak like Felix, and yet your voice is different. Where have you been to with your ship?"
"The Fancy sails all over the world, and under it, and in the middle of it, for that matter."
"I want to know! How can a ship do all that?"
"My ship can, and does, little one."
"Are you a wizard, then, as well as Felix?" asked the pertinacious little maid, who was in her glory, asking questions, and nursing the doll, which was enveloped in silver tissue paper.
"Being Captain of the Fancy, I may say, Yes. Else how could I see into the heart of a little girl when I was so many miles away, and how could I know that she was waiting and hoping and hoping that father's ship would come home?"