"It is not likely that anybody will think of me for some years yet."
"Well, then, promise me not to marry anyone else. In a year's time, then, I shall come and speak to your father. Will you promise?"
"I promise."
"Will you give me a pledge?"
She gave him her hand, but he gently pulled her towards him, clasped her in his arms, and kissed her rosy lips. Then they both went into the house.
CHAPTER VI
THE BULLIN-MOST
"I suppose you have been to Knin and Dernis?" said the captain by chance after dinner to his host, speaking about the trade with the interior, whilst puffing away at the long stem of his cherry-wood pipe.
"Of course. Haven't you?"
"Oh, no! we sailors are always acquainted with the coasts of countries, nothing more. What kind of a place is this Knin?"