"After all, there were fine things done by those Vikinger," said Aveline. "They had courage."
"Oh, courage! that is born with a man; if he has it not, it is a deformity, not a vice. Just as if he were born without a nose."
"You would respect courage more, Mr. Haveloc," said Aveline, "if you knew what fear was."
"I never had such a compliment paid me before," said Mr. Haveloc, laughing.
"We have a right to pay you compliments, you know," said Mrs. Fitzpatrick, who was seated a little apart, with a book in her hand. "But you do not stand up for the water thieves, or land thieves either."
"He pretends to have no enthusiasm," said Aveline, smiling.
"On the contrary," said Mr. Haveloc, "I admit that time mellows the proceedings of such gentry; and I own to an enthusiastic desire to see them treated as they deserve."
"I was very glad, Miss Fitzpatrick, when our Calabrian friends were duly sent to the galleys."
"You could not have a prettier name for your yacht, 'the Ariel,'" said Aveline. "I am sure it is a beautiful craft, though I am no judge of such things."
"The Ariel was christened before I had her," said Mr. Haveloc. "If I meant to keep her, I should take the liberty to change her name."