"Why, I should have thought the more profit he made, the better for you." "No fear," said Jonah, with a grin; "I can't 'ave a man puttin' up the price of the Silver Shoe with his eye on his bonus." Then a long discussion followed that lasted till nightfall.

As the night promised to be fine, Jonah persuaded her to take tea at a dilapidated refreshment-room, halfway to the jetty, and they continued the discussion over cups of discoloured water and stale cakes.

When they reached the Point again the moon was rising clear in the sky, and they sat and watched in silence the gradual illumination of the harbour.

The wind had dropped, and tiny ripples alone broke the surface of the water.

On the opposite shore the beaches lay obscured in the faint light of the moon, growing momently stronger, the land and water melted and confounded together in the grey light.