But what affair is this of yours?’
But Captain Roding was not attending. "
"Don't anger him, my dear son," implored the poor widow, with a look of
anguish at Jack. “Loneliness,” she said, “is a luxury which I never permit myself. You must, know, Sir
Rowland—for I've no secrets from you—that, in the course of my business I've
found it convenient to become the owner of a small Dutch sloop; by means of
which I can transmit any light ware,—such as gold watches, rings, and plate, as
well as occasionally a bank or goldsmith's note, which has been spoken with by
way of the mail,—you understand me?—to Holland or Flanders, and obtain a
secure and ready market for them. ”
She nodded. But I
am always afraid that he may get in while I am away. Supposing that was it; at least, a solution to part of this
amazing riddle? Supposing her father had made her assist him in the care of the
derelicts solely to fill her with loathing and abhorrence for mankind?
"Didn't you despise the men your father brought home—the beachcombers?"
"No. ‘You keep a-hold of him,’ Trodger ordered his men. "
Jack was about to comply; but not liking the man's manner, he walked on. She tucked the
mission Bible under her arm, and crooking a finger at Rollo, went forth to the
west beach where the sou'-west surge piled up muddily, burdened with broken
spars, crates, boxes, and weeds. The thought caused him an odd kind of pang—of pity, naturally.
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