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It was true that it might be possible, under favourable pressure, to induce young Newcombe to come to Jamaica and settle there, but this was all very vague. Had he had his own way, he would have driven from Kate every thought of love or marriage until the time when his new clerk, Dickory Charter, had become a young merchant of good standing, worthy of such a wife.
Dickory Charter was as bold a fellow as ever stood on the deck in a sea fight, but his heart fell at the thought that he might not be going to her old home, and that he might not sail back with good news to her. As the swift-sailing pirate ship sped on, Ben Greenway came aft to Captain Bonnet, and a grievous grin was on the Scotchman's face.
Oh, Kate, Kate! if I had but known." "Miss Kate, if you please," said the girl. "And it is well, Dickory, you did not know, for then you might have jumped upon him and stuck him in the back, and that would have been dishonourable."
She shook her head. "As my father told you," said she, "we have no place to go to." Dickory thought a good deal about the sad condition of the family of this worthy marooner.
Mander, bringing him a light grass hat fresh from the manufacturer's hands, he took it and put it on with more evident pleasure than the occasion seemed to demand. "Your daughter is truly an artist," said Dickory. "She does many things well," said the mother, "because necessity compels her and all of us to learn to work in various ways." "Can I not thank her?" said Dickory.
"It is important," said the man, "that I should know if vessels have anchored here, for if they be merchantmen I sometimes do business with them." "Business!" said Dickory. "That sounds extremely odd. Pray tell me how you came to be here."
"And," added Dickory, reflecting a little and remembering the general hues of Lucilla's face, "if there be choice in colours, let the cloth be pink." When Mander and Dickory reached the house they did not stop, but hurried on towards the cave, both of them together, for each thought only of the great joy they were taking with them. "Come out!
"It is a young woman," said the boy, "but she is as wet as a fish." "Woman!" cried good Dame Charter. "What mean you, Dickory, is she dead?" "Not dead, Mother Charter," said Kate, who now stood, unassisted, in the light of the lantern, "but in woeful case, and more like to startle you than if I were the biggest fish. I am Mistress Kate Bonnet, just out of the river between here and the town.
For a moment he did not answer, and then he said: "I don't know everything myself, but I must presently go on board that vessel." "What!" exclaimed Lucilla, stepping back. "Is she there?" "Yes," said Dickory.
Dickory, swift as a stag, stretched out both his arms and threw them around the neck of the amazed Mr. Delaplaine. Now the pirate Ichabod reached the two; his great sword went high in air, and was about to descend upon the naval person, whoever he was, who had made such an unprovoked attack upon his honoured passenger, when his arm was caught by some one from behind.
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