"And your father, Miss Effingham;--am I really forgotten by him?"
"I am quite certain you are not. He never forgets a face, whatever in this instance may have befallen the name."
"He received me so coldly, and so much like a total stranger!"
"He is too well-bred to recognise a man who wishes to be unknown, or to indulge in exclamations of surprise, or in dramatic starts. He is more stable than a girl, moreover, and may feel less indulgence to caprice."
"I feel obliged to his reserve; for exposure would be ridiculous, and so long as you and he alone know me, I shall feel less awkward in the ship. I am certain neither will betray me."
"Betray!"
"Betray, discover, annihilate me if you will. Anything is preferable to ridicule."
"This touches a little on the caprice; but you flatter yourself with too much security; you are known to one more besides my father, myself, and the honest man whom you have robbed of all his astuteness, which I believe was in his name."
"For pity's sake, who can it be?"
"The worthy Nanny Sidley, my whilom nurse, and actual femme de chambre. No ogre was ever more vigilant on his ward than the faithful Nanny, and it is vain to suppose she does not recall your features."