"You are the woman I have waited for all my life! I knew it before, but now . . . a thousand times more clearly!"
And as the sloop, shaking out her canvas, bore gallantly towards them, his lips, salt with the brine of the just-weathered death, sealed on hers the knowledge of a happiness whose full security those very waves had taught them, never to be in question again.
THE END
PRINTED BY MORRISON AND GIBS LTD., EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
Printing errors have been corrected as follows: "rythmical" changed to "rhythmical" on p. 69; "everyone brought conviction" changed to "every one brought conviction" on p. 164; inverted commas added after "fivepence" on p. 279 and after "to sleep a little" on p. 289. Otherwise, inconsistencies and possible errors have been preserved.