it all. But at the same time there sprang up in her nature an
unconquerable feeling of pride, in obedience to the dictates of which
she absolutely resigned him, though still retaining her enthusiastic
admiration; and it was this double attitude of mind which her eyes
expressed, and which puzzled her admirer. When she heard afterwards from
her aunt in Arendal that people had been talking about them, she felt it
deeply, and more than ever then had become sensible that there was an
invisible barrier between them.

Carl's father meanwhile had been trudging daily over to the dry-dock to
see after the Juno, which had had to have her bottom scraped, her gaping
seams caulked, and to undergo a general repair: he was hardly at home to
meals. It was a case of urgency, as the delivery of her cargo at its
destination could not be delayed beyond a certain time.

About a month after Elizabeth had come into Captain Beck's house the
Juno was ready for sea again; and Carl's sister came into the room
smiling one day then, and said--

"Elizabeth, there is a young sailor out in the porch who wants to speak
to you; he has a parcel under his arm. Perhaps it is a present."

Elizabeth, who was bringing in the tea-things at the time, turned red,
and Carl Beck, who was standing by the window, a little pale. She knew
very well that it was Salvé, and for a moment she was almost frightened
at his audacity. She had seen him a couple of times before, and had
allowed him to feel that she was not particularly anxious for his
company, in consequence of what her aunt had told her, and as she went
out to see him now she trembled.