o examining the lovely scenery of Dartmouth
harbour--the sight of which is enough to make any outward-bound
individual bitterly regret his determination to quit his native land--
and to inspecting the outward man of his fellow-passengers with that
icy stolidity which characterizes the true-born Briton. But the great
event of the morning was the arrival of the mail-train, bringing the
bags destined for various African ports, loose letters for the
passengers, and a motley contingent of the passengers themselves.
Amongst these latter, he had no difficulty in recognizing the two
Jewesses, of whom the clerk in the office had spoken, who were
accompanied by individuals, presumably their husbands, and very
remarkable for the splendour of their diamond studs and the dirtiness
of their nails. The only other specimen of saloon-passenger womankind
that he could see was a pretty, black-eyed girl of about eighteen, who
was, as he afterwards discovered, going out under the captain's care
to be a governess at the Cape, and who, to judge from the intense
melancholy of her countenance, did not particularly enjoy the
prospect. But, with the exception of some heavy baggage that was being
worked up from a cargo-boat by the donkey-engine, and a luxurious
cane-chair on the deck that bore her name, no signs were there of Mrs.
Carr.

Presently the purser sent round the head-steward, a gentleman whom
Arthur mistook for the first mate, so smart was his uniform, to
collect the letters, and it wrung him not a little to think that he
alone could send none. The bell sounded to warn all not sailing to
hurry to their boats, but still there was nothing to be seen of his
acquaintance of the office; and, to speak the truth, he was just a
little disappointed, for what he had seen of her had piqued his
curiosity, and made him anxious to see more.

"I can't wait any longer," he heard the captain say; "she must come on
by the _Kinfauns_."

It was full twelve o'clock, and the last rope was being loosed from
the moorings. "Ting-ting," went the engine-room bell. "Thud-thud,"
started the great screw that would not stop again for so many restless
hours. The huge vessel shuddered throughout her frame like an
awakening sleeper, and growing quick with life, forged an inch or two
a-head. Next, a quartermaster, came with two men to hoist up the
gangway, when suddenly a boat shot alongside and hooked on, amongst
the occupants of which Arthur had no difficulty in re