The only other passengers are a Dr.Concanen and his wife, who are acquaintances of Mr.Eversleigh.
Dr.Concanen is a physician with a good practice in Colombo, or was-- as his wife's delicate health has forced him to throw up his employment here and return to England.

Mr.Eversleigh introduced me to them this morning on the _Belle Fortune_.

The husband is almost as tall as my host, and looks a man of great strength: Mrs.Concanen is frail and worn, but very lovely.

To-day she seemed so ill that I offered to give up my cabin, which is really much more comfortable than theirs.

But she would not hear of it, insisting that I was by far the greater invalid, and that a sailing vessel would quickly set her right again--especially a vessel bound for England.