"Tell it you won't, then," cried Admiral Bell. "If you had been at sea as long as I have, Miss Bannerworth, you would never despair of anything at all."
"Providence guarded you," said Marchdale.
"Yes, that's true enough, I dare say, I was in a storm once off Cape Ushant, and it was only through Providence, and cutting away the mainmast myself, that we succeeded in getting into port."
"You have one hope," said Marchdale to Flora, as he looked in her wan face.
"One hope?"
"Yes. Recollect you have one hope."
"What is that?"
"You think that, by removing from this place, you may find that peace which is here denied you."
"No, no, no."
"Indeed. I thought that such was your firm conviction."