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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." 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
o 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." 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. O 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 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
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