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? ? ? ? He regarded her smilingly. Her eyes fell before his gaze, but she lifted them again, and defiantly, to mine. I read the unspoken question there: Was it right? But I had decided that the part I was to play must be a neutral one, so I did not answer.
? ? ? ? 'What do you think?' she demanded.
? ? ? ? 'It is unfortunate,' I said, 'especially if you have any engagements falling due in the course of the next several months. But, since you say that you were voyaging to Japan for your health, I can assure you that it will improve no better anywhere than aboard the Ghost.'
? ? ? ? I saw her eyes flash with indignation, and this time it was I who dropped mine, while I felt my face flushing under her gaze. It was cowardly, but what else could I do?
? ? ? ? 'Mr. Van Weyden speaks with the voice of authority.' Wolf Larsen laughed.
? ? ? ? I nodded my head and she, having recovered herself, waited expectantly.
? ? ? ? 'Not that he is much to speak of now,' Wolf Larsen went on; 'but he has improved wonderfully.
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