The Blockade Runner — page 85: what you’re looking at

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86 THE BLOCKADE adh ca tees She stood at the window, her shapely figure half concealed by the elegant oe curtains that touched the floor, and her eyes fixed abstractedly on the shadows of the night gathering outside. | ‘“T have no doubt that the Swiftwing will prove for- midable to her foes,” she said, glancing over her shoul- der at her foster father, who had thrown himself into an armchair and was gazing at her. ‘ What do you think of her commander, Norah ? asked Mowbray. “A brave fellow, no doubt, and a good sailor.” “Ts that all ?” The girl colored slightly. ‘A handsome man, if you like, sir,” she answered. “ Nothing more ?” — . Norah turned from the window and approached Mowbray, at whose side she suddenly stopped, and into whose upturned eyes she looked calmly. “You are getting at something, Uncle Gordon, but I am puzzled,” she said, smiling. ‘Come, relieve me ; solve the enigma. Iam all attention.” As she finished, the fair girl drew a chair up to Mowbray’s side and seated herself in it with her face turned upon the Southerner. “ My words should not be a puzzle, Norah,” he said. “I do not see why you see in Captain Puness only a brave fellow and a good sailor. Is that all a young lady should see in her lover 2” | Nora started. ‘My lover? Captain Powers asuitor for my hand ?” Mowbray seemed to enjoy her surprise. “What else could he be?’ heasked. “ He has been our most frequent visitor ever since the war opened. connicbooksseo 3