It was her advice that they go on to Japan and be married.
At first Grace demurred to this plan, which he necessarily proposed as his own, holding that it would be absolutely cruel to desert Veath at the last minute.

Finally she agreed to the compromise and kissed him with tears in her eyes.
Days passed and the strain grew more tense than ever.

The _Tempest Queen_ was nearing the Archipelago, after the stops at Penang and Singapore.

At Hong Kong the Manila-bound passengers were to be transferred to one of the small China Sea steamers.

The weather had been rough and ugly for many days.