I set up till three o'clock thinkin' it over, and then I decided to get out afore breakfast this mornin'.

I didn't wait for any good-bys.

They'd been said, or all I cared to hear"-- Captain Elisha's smile disappeared for an instant--"last evenin'.

The dose was sort of bitter, but it had the necessary effect.

At any rate, I didn't hanker for another one.