"Barbadoes," repeated Captain Ichabod, and he bade Kate a most courteous farewell.
All the good-byes had been said and good wishes had been wished, when, just as he was about to descend to his boat, Captain Ichabod turned to Lucilla. "And it is truly to Barbadoes you go?" he asked.
"Yes," said she, "I think we shall certainly do that."
Now his face flushed. "And do you care for that fellow in the cocked hat?"
Here was a cruel situation for poor Lucilla. She must lie or lose two men. She might lose them anyway, but she would not do it of her own free will, and so she lied.
"Not a whit!" said Lucilla.
The eyes of Ichabod brightened as he went down the side of the brig.