"Then that's it! Cheer up, old man! It will all come right yet. Women suffer from so many things that we men know nothing about."
"If I could only think that...."
"You may—of course you may."
"Victor," said Gell, taking Stowell's hand, "will you do one thing more for me?"
"Certainly—what is it?"
"Nobody can read a woman as you can—everybody says that. If Bessie gives me the same answer to-day will you go down to Derby Haven with me when you come back, and find out what's amiss with her?"
"Assuredly I will .... that is to say .... if you think...."
"Is it a promise?"
"Undoubtedly. It shall be the first thing I do when I return to the island."
"All ashore! All ashore!"