He seemed a man transformed.

He didn't say much--but the way he said it! You'd have thought it would strip the flesh from the fellow's bones.

I understand that Captain Jim will never allow a word against any woman to be said in his presence." "I wonder why he never married," said Anne.

"He should have sons with their ships at sea now, and grandchildren climbing over him to hear his stories--he's that kind of a man.

Instead, he has nothing but a magnificent cat." But Anne was mistaken.