CHAPTERXIX——THELOSTTOY
\"Well，\"Joansaidwithasigh，\"I\'veshownyouhustlingAmericanmethodsthatsucceedandgetsomewhere，andhereyouarebeginningyourmuddlingagain。\"
Fivedayshadpassed，andsheandSheldonwerestandingontheverandawatchingtheMartha，close-hauledonthewind，layingatackoffshore。DuringthosefivedaysJoanhadneveroncebroachedthedesireofherheart，thoughSheldon，inthisparticularinstancereadingherlikeabook，hadwatchedherleaduptothequestionascoreoftimesinthehopethathewouldhimselfsuggesthertakingchargeoftheMartha。Shehadwantedhimtosaytheword，andshehadsteeledherselfnottosayitherself。Thematteroffindingaskipperhadbeenahardone。ShewasjealousoftheMartha，andnosuggestedmanhadsatisfiedher。
\"Oleson？\"shehaddemanded。\"HedoesverywellontheFlibberty，withmeandmymentooverhaulherwhenevershe\'sreadytofalltopiecesthroughhisslackness。ButskipperoftheMartha？
Impossible!\"