"
"Never mind," said the girl, kissing her father; "when Frank and
I are married we will come to Callao in his yacht."
"Our yacht," said Random, smiling.
"Our yacht," repeated Donna Inez. "And then you will see,
father, that I have become a real English lady."
"But don't entirely forget that you are a Peruvian," said Don
Pedro playfully.
"And a descendant of Inca Caxas," added Donna Inez. Then she
flirted her fan, which she was rarely without, and laughed in her
English lover's face. "Don't forget, senor, that you marry a
princess."
"I marry the most charming girl in the world," he replied,
catching her in his arms, rather to the scandal of De Gayangos,
who had stiff Spanish notions regarding the etiquette of engaged
couples.
"There is one thing you must do for me, senor," he said quietly,
"before we leave this most unhappy case of murder and theft for
ever."
"What is that?" asked Sir Frank, turning with Inez in his arms.
"To-night at eight o'clock, Captain Hervey--the sailor Gustav
Vasa, if you prefer the name--steams down the river in his new
boat The Firefly. I received a note from him"--he displayed a
letter--"stating that he will pass the jetty of Gartley at that
hour, and will burn a blue light.
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