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What struck the ship-keeperexpression of

the captain, striding after the girl He passed him, the ship-keeper,

without notice, without an order, without so much as a look The captain

had never done so before Always had a nod and a pleasant word for a

ht the ship-keeper drew a conclusion unfavourable to

the strange girl He gave the the deck to steal one more look at the pair over the rail The

captain took hold of the girl's arm just before a couple of railway

trucks drawn by a horse caht for good

Next day, when the chief mate joined the ship, he told hiirl "who had got hold of the

captain" disparagingly She didn't look healthy, he explained "Shabby

clothes, too," he added spitefully

The mate was very much interested He had been with Anthony for several

years, and had won for hi of familiarity, which was to be expected with a rown intimacy of the sea, which in its

duration and solitude had its unguarded moments, no words had passed,

even of the most casual, to prepare him for the vision of his captain