"Thanks! Many thanks!" she said on leaving the kitchen.
Then on deck she stopped, opening her gold-mesh bag, in order to take out the little glass and powder box. In the beveled edge of the oval glass she saw the faun-like countenance of Toni hovering behind her with glances of impatience.
"Tell Captain Ferragut that I shall never trouble him again…. All has ended…. Perhaps he may hear me spoken of some time, but he will never see me again."
And she left the boat without turning her head, with quickened step as though, fired by a sudden suggestion, she were hastening to put it into effect.
Toni ran also, but toward Ulysses' stateroom window.
"Has she gone yet?" asked the captain impatiently.
The mate nodded his head. She had promised not to return.
"Be it so!" said Ferragut.
Toni experienced the same desire. Would to God they might never again see this blonde who always brought them misfortune!…
In the days following, the captain rarely left his ship. He did not wish to run the risk of meeting her in the city streets for he was a little doubtful of the hardness of his character. He feared that upon seeing her again, weeping and pleading, he might yield to her beseeching.