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"Farewell, captain; a happy and safe voyage to you," she answered, with assumed gaiety of tone; but there was no reply. He bowed low and hastened away, with a spirit of disappointment clouding his sun burned features. FAREWELL CAPTAIN A HAPPY AND SAFE VOYAGE TO YOU SHE ANSWERED WITH ASSUMED GAYETY OF TONE BUT THERE WAS NO REPLY HE BOWED LOW AND HASTENED AWAY WITH A SPIRIT OF DISAPPOINTMENT CLOUDING HIS SUNBURNED FEATURES
but I frankly own that it was something more than mere accident which brought me this time to Calcutta." As he said this, his eyes again wandered towards her daughter's face, but it was still cold, impassive and beautiful as before, while she gazed on that distant sea. He paused for a moment more, almost trembling with suppressed emotions of disappointment, chagrin and anger, and seemed at a loss what to say further; he felt constrained, and wished that he might have seen the daughter for a moment more alone. "Farewell is an unpleasant word to say, ladies," he said, at last, still controlling his feelings with a masterly effort. Then offerings a hand to the mother, he bowed respectfully and said "Good-by;" and to her, who now turned with evident feeling evinced in her lovely face at the idea of a long parting, he offered his hand, which was frankly pressed, while he said: "I carry away a heavy heart to sea with me, Miss Huntington; could it be weighed, it would overballast yonder ship.  WISHES AS TO A CRUISING GROUND BUT I FRANKLY OWN THAT IT WAS SOMETHING MORE THAN MERE ACCIDENT WHICH BROUGHT ME THIS TIME TO CALCUTTA AS HE SAID THIS HIS EYES AGAIN WANDERED TOWARDS HER DAUGHTER'S FACE BUT IT WAS STILL COLD AND PASSIVE AND BEAUTIFUL AS BEFORE WHILE SHE GAZED ON THAT DISTANT SEA HE PAUSED FOR A MOMENT MORE ALMOST TREMBLING WITH SUPPRESSED EMOTIONS OF DISAPPOINTMENT CHAGRIN AND ANGER AND SEEMED AT A LOSS WHAT TO SAY FURTHER HE FELT CONSTRAINED AND WISHED THAT HE MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE DAUGHTER FOR A MOMENT MORE ALONE FAREWELL IS AN UNPLEASANT WORD TO SAY LADIES HE SAID AT LAST STILL CONTROLLING HIS FEELINGS WITH A MASTERLY EFFORT THEN OFFERING A HAND TO THE MOTHER HE BOWED RESPECTFULLY AND SAID GOOD BYE AND TO HER WHO NOW TURNED WITH EVIDENT FEELING EVINCED IN HER LOVELY FACE AT THE IDEA OF A LONG PARTING HE OFFERED HIS HAND WHICH WAS FRANKLY PRESSED WHILE HE SAID I CARRY AWAY A HEAVY HEART TO SEE WITH ME MISS HUNTINGTON COULD IT BE WEIGHED IT WOULD OVERBALLAST YONDER SHIP
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