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At which she made a feint of beating me with her little silver hair-brush , but ended in kissing my cheek and whispering : `` Good-night ! You are a darling , even if you have no sentiment . '' * * * * * Morning came . We anchored outside St. Croix at five o'clock ; went through medical inspection at six , and if there was anything the matter with Dolly 's heart or mine the physician did not offer any comment . Then about ten we approached St. Thomas for the second time . If the Virgin Islands looked beautiful when we first saw them , they had grown in beauty during our brief absence , and my birthplace , in the shining distance , was a very dream of loveliness . We saw its outline rising above a rim of azure sea , with the mountains of Porto Rico standing out to the westward .