And though in ripe boyhood the unfaithful Daniel transferred the hot part of his homage to the more coquettish Dolly, Faith had not made any grievance of that, but rather thought all the more of him, especially when he saved her sister's life in a very rash boating adventure.
So now she went up to him with a friendly mind, and asked him softly and pitifully what trouble had fallen upon him.

At the sweet sound of her voice, and the bright encouragement of her eyes, he felt as if he was getting better.
"If you please, miss," he said, with a meek salutation, which proved his panisic ideas to be not properly wrought into his system as yet--"if you please, miss, things are very hard upon me." "Is it money ?" she asked, with the true British instinct that all common woes have their origin there; "if it is, I shall be so glad that I happen to have a good bit put by just now." But Dan shook his head with such dignified sadness that Faith was quite afraid of having hurt his feelings.

"Oh, I might have known," she said, "that it was nothing of that kind.

You are always so industrious and steady.

But what can it be?
Is it anything about Captain Stubbard and his men, because I know you do not like them, and none of the old Springhaven people seem to do so?
Have you been obliged to fight with any of them, Daniel ?" "No, miss, no.