I related all the circumstances." "How did he take it?
Was he annoyed ?" "No; he was a little startled at first, but he allowed I could not do otherwise.

Poor fellow! He is anxious to see you now.

If you will get your overcoat, you will find him here when you return." Mr.Stanford ran upstairs in a hurry, and returned in fur cap and overcoat in ten minutes.

A young man, tall and slender, but pale to ghastliness, with haggard cheeks and hollow eyes, stood, wrapped in a long cloak, beside the Captain.

He had been handsome, you could see, even through that bloodless pallor, and there was a look in his great blue eyes that startlingly reminded you of Kate.
"You two know each other already," said the Captain.