With Ghita, however, the case was different.

She was far better known to the two Elbans, as indeed was the person of her uncle, than he was himself; but both had veiled their faces in prayer.
"I do not half like this business, Griffin," observed the captain, as his gig entirely lost its way; "and wish with all my heart we had nothing to do with it.

I knew this old Caraccioli, and a very good sort of man he was; and as to treason, it is not easy to say who is and who is not a traitor in times like these, in such a nation as this.

Ha! I believe my soul, this is the same old man and the same pretty girl that came to see Nelson half an hour ago about this very execution ?" "What could _they_ have to do with Prince Caraccioli or his treason, sir?
The old chap looks bookish; but he is not a priest; and, as to the girl, she is trim-built enough; I fancy the face is no great matter, however, or she would not take so much pains to hide it." Raoul muttered a "sacr-r-re," between his teeth, but he succeeded in suppressing all outward expression of feeling.

Cuffe, on the contrary, saw no other motive for unusual discretion, beyond the presence of his boat's crew, before whom, however, he was accustomed to less reserve than with his people in general.
"If she be the same as the one we had in the cabin," he answered, "there is no necessity for a veil; for a prettier or a more modest-looking girl is not often fallen in with.