"And has he come too?" said Kate.
The Captain shrugged his shoulders, and admitted that it was hard. "And it's not the slightest use," said he, "not the least in the world. He never had a chance in that quarter."
"Not enough of the rocks and valleys about him, was there, Captain Bellfield?" said Kate. But Captain Bellfield understood nothing about the rocks and valleys, though he was regarded by certain eyes as being both a rock and a valley himself.

"Has he come too?" said Kate.
The Captain shrugged his shoulders, and admitted that it was hard. "And it's not the slightest use," said he. "He never had a chance."
