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And as she talked she grew handsome; so much so that Karen let her knitting fall to watch her aunt's face as she described Paul Sabiston's swift cutter "a mass of snowy canvas, stealing in and out of the harbor like a cloud." The coming of this man was the beginning of sorrow. In a few days he understood the situation, and he resolved to marry Karen Sabiston.
Cross it out! Blot it out! It is a shame to the white pages." "Is there here any man or woman who will do Mistress Sabiston's will, and cross out Liot Borson's name for her?" asked the minister. There was a deep, emphatic "No!" And the minister continued: "I would myself rather cut off my right hand than cross out the name of one who has passed far beyond our jurisdiction.
But this is what I know. He went from here to Matilda Sabiston's house. She had gone to kirk with two of her servants, and when she came back she found him delirious on the sofa. Then the doctor was sent for, and when he said the word 'typhus, Matilda shrieked with passion, and demanded that he should be instantly taken away." "But no! Surely not!" "Yes; it was so.
However, here is your dinner ready, and after you have eaten it go and see your kinswoman. You will easily find her; she lives in the largest house in Lerwick." The little opposition to his desires confirmed David in his resolve. When he had eaten, and dressed himself in his best clothing, he went to Matilda Sabiston's house.
It was the first step toward his death-place, though he knew it not; he took it with a laugh and a saucy compliment to the pretty servant who opened the door for him, and with the air of one accustomed to being welcome went into Matilda Sabiston's presence.
"I will look to that," answered Thora. "Every one knows there is to be a wedding in your house very soon." And with these words she nodded at Karen, and went smiling away with her message. A few hours afterward Captain Bele Trenby of the Frigate Bird stepped across Matilda Sabiston's threshold.
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