It was then and there I first beheld your father.
"The barge was rowed by eight soldiers, dressed in uniform, and their oars all dipped and flashed with simultaneous motion.

Nothing could be more harmoniously beautiful; but the restless spirit of Mrs.Lynn suggested a change.
"'Raise the sail,' she exclaimed, 'this is too monotonous.

I prefer it a thousand times to rowing.' "'I beg, I entreat, madam,' cried I, unable to repress my apprehensions, 'do not have it done now.

I am very foolish, but I cannot help it, indeed I cannot.' "I was not accustomed to the water as she was, having been absent so long; and even when a child, I had an unconquerable dread of sailing.
She knew this, and it prompted her suggestion.
"'Affectation of fear may be pardoned in a _child_, Rosalie,' said she, with a sarcastic smile, 'but it is nevertheless very unbecoming.' "'Do not indulge one apprehension,' exclaimed St.James, stepping over one of the seats and sitting down at my side.

'I am one of the best sailors in the world.