Sallie sighed too, as she reclimbed the rail after he was safely gone. She was wondering....
But she was not left to her own reflections for long. Slyne came on deck, and had espied her before she could escape.
"I was just going aft to look for you," he told her in a confidential tone which she did not like at all. "How about to-morrow morning, Sallie?"
"I asked Captain Dove, Jasper," she answered in a low voice. "And he says—"
"But surely you're going to keep your promise to me!" Slyne exclaimed, in a tragic voice.
"How can I?" she asked, not thinking it worth while even now to deny that she had made him any promise at all. And at that moment Captain Dove emerged from the chart-house behind.
"A bargain's a bargain, Slyne," said he mockingly, having overheard. "And Sallie can't keep her promise to you because you can't come away with the ready cash. So you'd better say good-bye to her now, you won't have another chance."