Walter Cunningham.
“How would that suit you, Bernard?” asked Miss Smith.
“Very well indeed.”
“Then you are not afraid of seasickness?”
“No; in my voyage across the Atlantic I had no trouble in that way. Do you think I shall have any chance of success?”
“I think your appearance would recommend you. The chief obstacle would be your youth. If you were as old as I am—” and she smiled and paused.
“Can’t you lend me a few years, Miss Smith,” asked Bernard.
“I should be only too glad to do so,” replied the schoolmistress; “but I am afraid that is not practicable.”
“Perhaps I should be expected to bear my own expenses,” suggested Bernard. “Of course, that would be out of the question.”
“That is hardly likely. At any rate, you will soon learn all the particulars.”