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Down in Devon.“Then you're a villain!”“Nonsense, Mary; be reasonable.”“Reasonable, Captain Armstrong! I am reasonable, and I am telling you the truth. You are a villain!”“Why, you foolish girl, what did you expect?”“That you would be an officer and a gentleman. Once more, is it true that you are going to be married to that lady?”“Well, you see—”“Answer me, sir.”“Oh, well, then, yes, I suppose I am.”“Then I repeat it, James Armstrong, you are a villain!”“What nonsense, you fierce-looking, handsome termagant! We have had our little pleasant chats and meetings, and now we'll say good-bye pleasantly. I can't help it. I have to marry; so you go and do the same, my dear, and I'll buy you a handsome wedding-dress.”“You cowardly, cold-blooded villain!”“Come, come, my good girl; no more strong words, please don't spoil a pleasant little intimacy by a vulgar quarrel.”“Pleasant little intimacy!”“Why, what did you expect?”“That you were wooing me to be your wife.”“A captain in the King's Navy marry the daughter of an old wrecker, the sister of as utter a smuggling scoundrel as can be found about this port of Dartmouth!”“When a girl gives her heart to the man who comes to her all soft words and smiles, do you think she remembers what he is? It in enough for her that she loves him, and she believes all he says. Oh, James, dear James! forgive me all I've said, and don't send me adrift like this. Tell me it isn't true.”“There, that's enough. You knew as well as I did that there was nothing serious meant, so now let's bring this meeting to an end.”“To an end?”“Yes; you had no business to come here. But, as you have come, there are five guineas, Mary, to buy finery; and let's shake hands and say good-bye.”