His Other Wife: A Novel — page 215: what you’re looking at

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THE MADCAP TAKES A PRIZE. 207 consult with Faith upon the question of landing or re- maining aboard the Madcap. He had not attempted to converse with her since the evening that she had so emphatical'y repulsed him, except in the interview earlier on this same evening, the discour- aging result of which has been already narrated. It was with some uneasiness that Vernois again sought Faith's presence. He found her seated at the table in the cabin, reading. Anxiety and sleeplessness had made a marked change in the fresh beauty of the girl; but there was a touching pathos in her pure pallor, and the weary droop of her lids, that made her loveliness all the more appealing to the sen- sibilities of the sterner nature of a man. ‘‘T am sorry to annoy you,” began Vernois, in a gentle, deprecatory tone, as he stopped on the opposite side of the table in front of her; ‘‘but the captain wishes to know your pleasure about going ashore.” ‘What do you advise?” she asked, in a troubled way. ‘‘T should say by all means remain on board for to- night. It is true that a terrible storm is rising, but we shall be anchored in safe waters, and it is impossible to judge of the advantages of the island, which is only a fishing village, until daylight, when we can reconnoiter. I will go ashore at the earliest possible moment, and bring you a report.” ‘‘VYes, I think that will be best.” She returned to her book, while her breast heaved with Eomicbooks:..¢o