"
"That is n't flattering to me," said Captain Lovelock. "Mrs. Vivian
does n't approve of me--she wishes me in Jamaica. What does she think me
capable of?"
"And me, now?" Bernard asked. "She likes me least of all, and I, on my
side, think she 's so nice."
"Can't say I 'm very sweet on her," said the Captain. "She strikes me as
feline."
Blanche Evers gave a little cry of horror.
"Stop, sir, this instant! I won't have you talk that way about a lady
who has been so kind to me."
"She is n't so kind to you. She would like to lock you up where I can
never see you."
"I 'm sure I should n't mind that!" cried the young girl, with a
little laugh and a toss of her head. "Mrs. Vivian has the most perfect
character--that 's why my mother wanted me to come with her. And if she
promised my mother she would be careful, is n't she right to keep her
promise? She 's a great deal more careful than mamma ever was, and that
's just what mamma wanted. She would never take the trouble herself. And
then she was always scolding me. Mrs. Vivian never scolds me. She only
watches me, but I don't mind that."
"I wish she would watch you a little less and scold you a little more,"
said Captain Lovelock.
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