“He will not do that, sir. He is no fool.”
“I am glad of it; for there is nothing else to fear.”
“Man, I tell you there is everything to fear. You don't know him as I do; nor his power over women.”
“Mrs. Falcon, are you bent on affronting me?”
“No, sir; Heaven forbid!”
“Then please to close this subject forever. In three weeks we shall be in England.”
“Ay; but he has been there six months.”
He bowed stiffly to her, went to his cabin, and avoided the poor foolish woman as much as he could without seeming too unkind.