6/10 I care nothing for your childish love-affairs. She is mine, if I may believe her words, as is the letter which you have basely read. "It is not true, she is mine; as for the note--I keep it!" Seymour controlled himself by a violent effort, and looked around for some of his men. Wilton and Bentley had come aft in great anxiety, and the whole crew were looking eagerly at them, attracted by the aroused voices and the passionate attitude of the two men. For a moment the chase was forgotten. |