"In such haste to get here!" she said to herself; then she raised her head and exclaimed: "Oh, I know that man; he is the pirate captain who captured the Belinda, which afterward brought us here." And with both hands outstretched, she ran to meet him.
The face of Captain Ichabod glowed with irrepressible delight; one might have thought he was about to embrace the young woman, notwithstanding the presence of Dickory and the two boatmen, but he did everything he could do before witnesses to express his joy.
Dickory now stepped up to Captain Ichabod.

"Oh, now I know you," cried he, and he held out his hand.

"You were very kind indeed to my friends, and they have spoken much about you.

This is my old home; this is the house where I was born." "Yes, yes, indeed," said Captain Ichabod, "a very good house, bedad, a very good house." But hesitating a little and addressing Lucilla: "You don't live here alone, do you ?" The girl laughed.
"Oh, no," she cried.

"My father and mother will be here presently; in fact, I see them coming." "That's very well," said Ichabod, "very well indeed.