"It seems like six long months to me. McClintock watched her interestedly until her golden head vanished below; then, with tolerant pity, he looked down at Spurlock, who had closed his eyes. Taking up a couple of large stones which lay near, Jack tried to beat the round basils of the fetters into an oval form, so as to enable him to slip his heels through them. He brought into service all his Oriental bar-room tricks. "Gadzooks! I thought something was coming on; for when I looked at the weather-glass an hour ago, it had sunk lower than I ever remember it. But if he speaks—I fear what he may tell. Smiling, the Chinaman gave the correct pronunciation. ‘Let go!’ ‘Do you take me for a fool?’ Gerald demanded. C. ‘Certainly, if I was a nun, I know of many good names.