Others,  more  learned,  say  it  comes  from  a  Latin  word,
'  folio,'  or  some  such  thing,  that  means  a  leaf ;  the  mari-
ner's leafy  screen."  She  then  added,  with  reckless  levity,
"I  wonder  whether  we  shall  find  Buckey  on  the  other
side  looking  at  the  ships  through  a  ghostly  telescope  —
ha,  ha !  —  ah,  ah  !  —  help  !  —  mercy  !  forgive  me  !  Oh,
dear,  it  is  only  Mr.  Dodd  in  his  jacket !  —  you  frightened
me  so.  Oh,  oh !  There  —  I  am  ill.  Catch  me,  some-
body ! "  and  she  dropped  her  whip,  and,  seeing  David's
eye  was  on  her,  subsided  backwards  with  considerable


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courage  and  trustfulness,  and  for  the  second  time  con-
trived to  be  in  her  flirtee's  arms.
I  wish  my  friend  Aristotle  had  been  there :  I  think  he
"would  have  been  pleased  at  her  ayzfoia  in  turning  even
her  terror  of  the  supernatural  so  quickly  to  account,  and
making  it  subservient  to  flirtation.
David  sat  heart-stricken  and  hopeless,  gazing  at  the
sea.  The  hours  passed  by  his  heavy  heart  unheeded.
