"Oh, your tutor has been about, has he?"
"Dear me, yes! He was a missionary in the South Sea Islands, and has seen some very stirring adventures."
"A missionary in the South Seas, eh? Perhaps I know him."
"Were you ever in those seas?"
"Why, I've spent almost all my life there."
"Were you a missionary?"
"You bet not. The missionaries and my friends don't cotton to one another."
"But they are such good men!"
"That may be. Still, as I say, we don't somehow cotton. I'd like to set my eyes upon your tutor."
"Well, you will. I think I see him on the beach now. I expect he has been wondering what has become of me. I've never been out so long before."