CHAPTER XXXIV.
HOW THEY ALL WENT HUNTING FOR SEA ANEMONES AT CAPE CHATHAM--AND HOW THE DOCTOR GOT A TERRIBLE FRIGHT--AND HOW CAPTAIN BLOCKSTROP SHOWED THAT THERE WAS GOOD REASON FOR IT.
And presently, the Captain, half dressed, working away at his hair with two very stiff brushes, betook himself to Major Buckley's room, whom he found shaving.

"I'll wait till you're done," said he; "I don't want you to cut yourself." And then he resumed: "Buckley, your son wants to marry my daughter." "Shows his good taste," said the Major.

"What do you think of it ?" "I am very much delighted," said the Captain.
"And what does she say to it ?" "She is very much delighted." "And I am very much delighted, and I suppose Sam is too.

So there you are, you see: all agreed." And that was the way the marriage negotiations proceeded; indeed, it was nearly all that was ever said on the subject.

But one day the Major brought two papers over to the Captain (who signed them), which were supposed to refer to settlements, and after that all the arrangements were left to Alice and Mrs.Buckley.
They started for Cape Chatham about nine o'clock in the day; Halbert and Jim first, then Sam and Alice, and lastly the three elders.