"Yes?" she inflected.
"I will be obliged to——"
"You will be obliged to what?"
"To modify my opinion of——"
"Your opinion does not concern me," she said indifferently.
"So, I assumed; but, nevertheless, I modify it in regard to the pirates. I accept everything you tell, absolutely—the pirate chief and all his mannerisms, included.—Now, do you care for me?"
"You are sincere—you believe it, every word?"
"Every word," he averred.
"Well, in that event, I may care for you to-morrow."