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"So soon? I had hoped you were to favor us with a longer stay," said she mother. The officer looked towards the daughter, as though he wished it had been her that had expressed such a desire. But she still gazed at the distant ship, and he saw no change in her handsome features. "We officers are not masters of our own time, madam, and can rarely consult our own 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." SO SOON I HAD HOPED YOU WERE TO FAVOR US WITH A LONGER STAY SAID THE MOTHER THE OFFICER LOOKED TOWARDS THE DAUGHTER AS THOUGH HE WISHED IT HAD BEEN HER THAT HAD EXPRESSED SUCH A DESIRE BUT SHE STILL GAZED AT THE DISTANT SHIP AND HE SAW NO CHANGE IN HER HANDSOME FEATURES WE OFFICERS ARE NOT MASTERS OF OUR OWN TIME MADAM AND CAN RARELY CONSULT OUR OWN 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
iac expression of his countenance as he struggled to control the vehemence of his feelings, she would have feared that he might do either her or himself violence. "May I not hope that years of fond attachment, years of continued assiduity, may yet outweigh your indifference, Miss Huntington?" he said earnestly. "Indeed, indeed no. You do but pain me by this continuance of a subject that--Ah, mother!" she said, interrupting herself, "I have been looking at the captain's ship, yonder; is she not a noble craft? And how daintily she floats upon the waters?" "A ship is always a beautiful sight, my child; and especially so when she bears the flag that we see flaunting gracefully from that vessel." "When do you sail, captain?" asked Mrs. Huntington, who had just joined her daughter on the piazza, and did not observe the officer's confusion. "The ship rides by a single anchor, madam, and only waits her commander," he replied, rather mechanically than otherwise, as he turned his glance seaward. ELL HE DID SO FOR HAD SHE SEEN THE DEMIONAC EXPRESSION OF HIS COUNTENANCE AS HE STRUGGLED TO CONTROL THE VEHEMENCE OF HIS FEELINGS SHE WOULD HAVE FEARED THAT HE MIGHT DO EITHER HER OR HIMSELF VIOLENCE MAY I NOT HOPE THAT YEARS OF FOND ATTACHMENT YEARS OF CONTINUED ASSIDUITY MAY YET OUTWEIGH YOUR INDIFFERENCE MISS HUNTINGTON HE SAID EARNESTLY INDEED INDEED NO YOU DO BUT PAIN ME BY THIS COUNTENANCE OF A SUBJECT THAT AH MOTHER SHE SAID INTERRUPTING HERSELF I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE CAPTAIN'S SHIP YONDER IS SHE NOT A NOBLE CRAFT AND HOW DAINTILY SHE FLOATS UPON THE WATERS THE SHIP IS ALWAYS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT MY CHILD AND ESPECIALLY SO WHEN SHE BEARS THE FLAG THAT WE SEE FLAUNTING GRACEFULLY FROM THAT VESSEL WHEN DO YOU SAIL CAPTAIN ASKED MISSUS HUNTINGTON WHO HAD JUST JOINED HER DAUGHTER ON THE PIAZZA AND DID NOT OBSERVE THE OFFICER'S CONFUSION THE SHIP RIDES BY A SINGLE ANCHOR MADAM AND ONLY WAITS HER COMMANDER HE REPLIED RATHER MECHANICALLY THAN OTHERWISE AS HE TURNED HIS GLANCE SEAWARD
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