In days gone by it has been found convenient to call her the _Esmeralda_, the _Seven Sisters_, and the _Becky N_.

The name is immaterial, so long as it sounds well, and conforms to the manifest.
However, just now the register reads _Sea Gull_, Henley, master, 850 tons, schooner-rigged yacht." "You are under steam ?" "Exactly; auxiliary steam power." "In what trade ?" "Operated for pleasure exclusively," a slight tone of mockery in the soft voice.

"A rather expensive luxury, of course, but available all the year around in this latitude." "I failed to catch the captain's name--yours, I presume ?" He laughed, pausing to light another cigarette.
"Still it is one you seem fairly familiar with--Henley, Philip Henley.".