"
Major Kent grinned.
"That's better," said Meldon. "I'm glad to see that you're capable of
getting some good out of an innocent pleasure, even if you have to wait
till somebody points out to you what it is you ought to enjoy."
"Any way, J. J., this will put a stopper on your plan. There'll be no
love-making to-day."
"On the contrary," said Meldon, "I expect we've laid the foundation of
a deep and enduring affection. There's nothing draws people together
more than a common misfortune."
"But you can't expect a woman to take to a man when she sees him in the
state Simpkins was in when we were on the reach towards the island."
"Not if she's all right herself," said Meldon; "but when she's in the
state Miss King was in she's past noticing anybody's complexion. The
only emotion Miss King could possibly have felt, the only emotion of a
spiritual kind, was a bitter hatred of you and me; and that, of course,
would make her feel a strong affection for Simpkins. On the whole,
Major, we may congratulate ourselves on our success so far. Just put
the luncheon basket into the punt, will you? They'll be as hungry as
wolves in another half-hour.
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