More than that he was the man for the agent; and the Lady Jermyn was once more made ready for sea.
"Now began the complications.

Quite openly, Santos had bought the schooner Spindrift, freighted her with wool, given me the command, and vowed that he would go home in her rather than wait any longer for the Lady Jermyn.

At the last moment he appeared to change his mind, and I sailed alone as many days as possible in advance of the ship, as had been intended from the first; but it went sorely against the grain when the time came.

I would have given anything to have backed out of the enterprise.

Honest I might be no longer; I was honestly in love with Eva Denison.