'How do you find yourself this morning, mistress?' asked the ferryman, seating himself.
Jane made a gesture indicative of impatience.
'The captain is out,' she answered curtly.
'I have not come to see the captain.'
'The house is not a show-place like Colyton Castle.'
'I have not come to see it.'
'Then you have no business here.'
'That is an uncivil address to an old friend.'
'I do not recognise any friend.'
This silenced him for a while.