But what a pity it was that he should devote so much of his time to that woman! 'Fancy his condition if he should be induced to marry her!' said Miss Green, holding up her hands in horror.

The idea was so terrible that Mrs.
Callander declared that she would speak to him.

'Nobody ever disliked interfering so much as I do,' said Mrs.Callander; 'but sometimes a word from a lady will go so far with a young man!' Mrs.Callander was a most respectable woman, whose father had begun life as a cattle drover in the colonies, but had succeeded in amassing a considerable fortune.

'Oh, I do wish that something may be done to save him!' said Miss Green.
Among the second-class passengers the same feeling existed quite as strongly.

The woman herself had not only been able but had been foolish enough to show that in spite of her gown she considered herself superior to them all.