"I scorn t' try it! I'll practice no wiles whatsoever t' win the likes o' Dickie Blue. An' what would I say when he discovered the deception thereafter?"
"He'd never find out at all."
"Sure, he've eyes t' see with, haven't he?"
"Ay, but he's too stupid t' notice. An' once you're wed——"
"No, no! 'Tis a thing too awful t' plot."
"An you cared enough for the lad," said Skipper John, "you'd stop at nothin' at all."
Peggy's great eyes clouded with tears.
"I cares more for he," said she, "than he cares for me. My heart's jus' sore with grief."
"Ah, no, now!"
"Ay, 'tis!" Peggy sobbed. She put her dark hair against Skipper John's shoulder then. "I'm jus' sick with the need of un!" she said.