e out in the street again, she said to her uncle:
"Do you think my nice Captain will marry Syd?"

Randal had noticed, in Captain Bennydeck's face, signs which betrayed
that the bitterest disappointment of his life was far from being a
forgotten disappointment yet. If it had been put by any other person,
poor Kitty's absurd question might have met with a bitter reply. As it
was, her uncle only said: "My dear child, that is no business of yours
or mine."

Not in the least discouraged, Kitty turned to me. "What do _you_ think,
Samuel?"

I followed Randal's lead, and answered, "How should I know?"

The child looked from one to the other of us. "Shall I tell you what I
think?" she said, "I think you are both of you humbugs."

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