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I just rejoiced that good luck had come her way, and that she had not thrown herself away on a penniless sailor. That's how I loved Mary Fraser. 'Well, I never thought to see her again, but last voyage I was promoted, and the new boat was not yet launched, so I had to wait for a couple of months with my people at Sydenham. I JUST REJOICED THAT GOOD LUCK HAD COME HER WAY AND THAT SHE HAD NOT THROWN HERSELF AWAY ON A PENNILESS SAILOR THAT'S HOW I LOVED MARY FRASER WELL I NEVER THOUGHT TO SEE HER AGAIN BUT LAST VOYAGE I WAS PROMOTED AND THE NEW BOAT WAS NOT YET LAUNCHED SO I HAD TO WAIT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH MY PEOPLE AT SYDENHAM
, what less could I do? 'I must go back a bit. You seem to know everything, so I expect that you know that I met her when she was a passenger and I was first officer of the _Rock of Gibraltar_. From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me. Every day of that voyage I loved her more, and many a time since have I kneeled down in the darkness of the night watch and kissed the deck of that ship because I knew her dear feet had trod it. She was never engaged to me. She treated me as fairly as ever a woman treated a man. I have no complaint to make. It was all love on my side, and all good comradeship and friendship on hers. When we parted she was a free woman, but I could never again be a free man. 'Next time I came back from sea, I heard of her marriage. Well, why shouldn't she marry whom she liked? Title and money--who could carry them better than she? She was born for all that is beautiful and dainty. I didn't grieve over her marriage. I was not such a selfish hound as that. N I'LL ASK YOU AS MAN TO MAN WHAT LESS COULD I DO I MUST GO BACK A BIT YOU SEEM TO KNOW EVERYTHING SIR I EXPECT THAT YOU KNOW THAT I MET HER WHEN SHE WAS A PASSENGER AND I WAS FIRST OFFICER OF THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR FROM THE FIRST DAY I MET HOW SHE WAS THE ONLY WOMAN TO ME EVERY DAY OF THAT VOYAGE I LOVED HER MORE AND MANY A TIME SINCE HAVE I KNEELED DOWN IN THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT WATCH AND KISSED THE DECK OF THAT SHIP BECAUSE I KNEW HER DEAR FEET HAD TRODDEN SHE WAS NEVER ENGAGED TO ME SHE TREATED ME AS FAIRLY AS EVER A WOMAN TREATED A MAN I HAVE NO COMPLAINT TO MAKE IT WAS ALL LOVE ON MY SIDE AND ALL GOOD COMRADESHIP AND FRIENDSHIP ON HERS WHEN WE PARTED SHE WAS A FREE WOMAN BUT I COULD NEVER AGAIN BE A FREE MAN NEXT TIME I CAME BACK FROM SEA I HEARD OF HER MARRIAGE WELL WHY SHOULDN'T SHE MARRY WHOM SHE LIKED TITLE AND MONEY WHO COULD CARRY THEM BETTER THAN SHE SHE WAS BORN FOR ALL THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND DAINTY I DIDN'T GRIEVE OVER HER MARRIAGE I WAS NOT SUCH A SELFISH HOUND AS THAT
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