She had dreamed of something so much more brilliant; but her indecision was short.

That timid girl was perhaps the best companion for Ulysses, after all.
Furthermore the child was well suited to be the wife of a man of the sea, having seen its life from her infancy....

Good-by Professor! They were married.

Soon afterwards Ferragut, who was not able to lead an inactive life, returned to the sea, but as first officer of a transatlantic steamer that made regular trips to South America.

To him this seemed like being employed in a floating office, visiting the same ports and invariably repeating the same duties.