"Now, let me tell you, my dear child, I do not feel in the least like crying.

The captain has told me that everything is all right between you, and the more I think of it, the more firmly I believe that it is the grandest thing that could have happened.

For some reason or other, and I am sure I cannot tell you why, I do not believe at all that the captain is going to be shipwrecked in that little boat.

Before this I felt sure we should never see him again, but now I haven't a doubt that he will get somewhere all right, and that he will come back all right, and if he does it will be a grand match.
Why, Edna child, if Captain Horn never gets away with a stick of that gold, it will be a most excellent match.

Now, I believe in my heart," she continued, sitting down by Edna, "that when you accepted Captain Horn you expected him to come back.