He had been a veritable godsend to them,--and would remain so, could he be kept away from the drinking-shops.
'If you go away don't you think he'll break out ?' Dick asked when they were alone together.
'I hope not.

He seems to have been steadied by success.

At any rate I must go.' 'Is it to see--Mrs.Smith ?' Dick as he asked the question put on his most serious face.

He did not utter the name as though he were finding fault.

The time that had passed had been sufficient to quench the unpleasantness of their difference on board ship.