"Berry. I am Elizabeth Berry. My mother is in charge here at the Harbor."
"Harbor? Oh, yes, over yonder. Berry? Berry? The only Berry I remember around here was Cap'n Isaac Berry. Cap'n Ike, we young fellows used to call him. I went to sea with him once, my first voyage second mate."
"Did you? He was my father. But there, I must go. Good-by, Cap'n Kendrick. I hope you will get well very fast now."
"Thanks. Good-bye. Oh, by the way, Miss Berry, what made you think I might be Sears Kendrick? There are half a dozen Kendricks around Bayport."
"Yes, but—excuse me—there is only one Cap'n Sears Kendrick. You are one of Bayport's celebrities, Cap'n."
"Humph! Notorieties, you mean. So all hands have been talkin' about me, eh? Humph! Well, I guessed as much."
"Why, of course. You are one of our shining lights—sea lights, I mean. You must expect to be talked about."
"I do—in Bayport, and I'll be talked about more in a day or two, I guess."
"Why?"
"Eh? Oh, nothin', nothin'. I was thinkin' out loud, didn't realize I spoke. Good-by."