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"Isabel. -- Anywhere to avoid matrimony: the thought of a husband is terrible to me. Inis. -- But if you might choose for yourself, I fancy matrimony would be no such frightful thing to you. " "_The Wonder._"
The _Boadicea_, with the Indiamen, proceeded on to their destination, Captain Carrington taking every opportunity which light winds and smooth water afforded him of paying his respects to the ladies on board of the _Bombay Castle_, or of inviting them on board of the frigate. The fact was that he had fallen most desperately in love with Isabel Revel, and paid her the most marked attention; but, although a pleasant, light-hearted companion, and a young man of good family and prospects, Isabel Revel had not fallen in love with him: she liked his company, but nothing more.