Excuse me; I was thinkin' out loud, sort of." She did not answer at once, but turned away to remove her cap.

Then she answered, without looking at him.
"He never forgot them," she said.
"Course he didn't.

Well, you see I didn't forget, either." It was an unfortunate remark, inasmuch as it drew, in her mind, a comparison between her handsome, dignified father and his rude, uncultured brother.

The contrast was ever present in her thoughts, and she did not need to be reminded of it.

She made no reply.
"I was thinkin'," continued the captain, conscious of having made a mistake, "that maybe we might celebrate somehow, in a quiet way." "No.