"There!" exclaimed the man of war, "what did I tell you?"
"But—" continued Maud.
"I could have told you there would be a 'but,'" interrupted Jonstone triumphantly.
"But," repeated Maud, "I'm coxswain, and I want to see what every man in my boat is doing."
So they rowed English style.
"It's like a dinner-party," explained Maud to Colonel Meredith, who appeared slightly discomforted. "Don't you know how annoying it is when there's a tall centrepiece and you can't see who's across the table from you?"
"Even if you don't want to look at him when you have found out who he is," agreed Meredith. "Exactly."
They came to a bold headland of granite crowned with a half-dozen old pines that leaned waterward.
"That's rather a wonderful site, I think," said Maud.