"When we were on the Grosvenor," she said, "you did all the thinking for me, didn't you? And now that we are on the Peri I mean to do all the thinking for you. But I need not say that. I have thought my thoughts out. I have done with them."
"Look here, Mary, I am going to be candid——"
"Here comes one of the stewards to interrupt you."
A very civil fellow came with a tray, which he placed on the skylight, and stood by to wait on us. I told him he need not stay, and, addressing Mary, I exclaimed—
"This recalls our farewell feast on the Grosvenor."
"Yes; and there is the boatswain watching us, as if he would like to come to us again and congratulate us on having found each other out. Do catch his eye, dear, and wave your hand. He dare not come here."
I waved my hand to him and he flourished his cap in return, and so did three or four men who were around him.
"I am going——" I began.
"You will eat your lunch first," she interrupted.