"Very well. I think your determination to return to your father, a very wise one. I shall advise the Chief Executor to that effect. And I shall also see that a cabin is reserved for you on the first out-going steamer, and I'll personally take you on board."
"Thank ye very much, sir. An' may I have the twenty pounds?"
"Certainly. Here it is," and he handed her the money.
"I'm much obliged to ye. An' I'm sorry if I hurt ye by laughin' just now. But I thought ye were jokin', I did."
"Please never refer to it again."
"I won't—indade I won't. I am sure it was very nice of ye to want to marry me—"
"I beg you—" he interrupted, stopping her with a gesture.
"Are you goin' back to London to-day?"
"By the afternoon express."
"May I go with you?"