I'd have come quick enough, but I wa'n't sure I'd be welcome.

And I told your sister only 'tother day that--by the way, Steve, how is she?
How is Caroline ?" "She's a fool!" The boy sprang up again and shook his fist.

"She's the one I've come here to speak about.

If we don't stop her she'll ruin us altogether.

She--she's a damned fool, I tell you!" "There! there!" the captain's tone was sharp and emphatic.