But it proved a hard task, for my Clarette is very persistent, as you may have noticed.

So I decided I would be more safe upon the ship than upon the shore.

She is not likely to seek me here, and in any event she floats better than she swims." Patsy regarded the little man curiously.
"Did you not tell us, when first we met you, that you were heart-broken over the separation from your wife and children ?" she inquired in severe tones.
"Yes, of course, mamselle; it was a good way to arouse your sympathy," he admitted with an air of pride.

"I needed sympathy at that time, and my only fear was that you would find Clarette, as you threatened to do.
Well," with a deep sigh, "you did find her.

It was an unfriendly act, mamselle." "They told us in Ostend that the husband of Clarette is a condemned spy, one who served both sides and proved false to each.