Thewhole-souledadmirationintheCaptain’svoicemadethehousekeeperblushlikeagirl。”Don’tsayaword，Cap’nEri，”sheprotested。”It’sbeenjestapleasuretome，honest。I’vehadmorecomfortand——well，peace，youmightsay，senceI’vebeeninthishousethanI’vehadaforeforyears。””WhenIthink，”saidtheCaptain，”ofwhatwemighthavegotforthatadvertisement，Iswanitmakesmyhaircurl。Advertisin’thatwayinthatkindofapaper，whywemighthavehada——aplayactress，orIdon’tknowwhat，landedonus。Seems’siftherewasaProvidenceinit:seems’sifyouwaskindofSENT——there！””Idon’tknowwhatyoumustthinkofmeanswerin’anadvertisementforahusbandthatway。Itmakesme’shamedofmyselfwhenIthinkofit，Ideclare。Andinthatkindofapaper，too。””I’vewonderedmoretimesthanafewhowyouevergotaholdofthatpaper。’Tain’toneyou’dseeeverydaynat’rally，youknow。”
Mrs。Snowpausedbeforesheanswered。Thenshesaidslowly，”Well，I’ms’prisedyouain’taskedthatafore。Ihaven’tsaidmuchaboutmyselfsenceI’vebeenhere，fornop’tic’larreasonthatIknowof，exceptthattherewasn’tmuchtotellanditwasn’taveryinterestin’yarntootherfolks。Myhusband’snamewasJubalSnow——””Youdon’tsay！”exclaimedtheCaptain。”Why，Jerryusedtoknowhim。””Ishouldn’twonder。JubalknewalotoffolksontheCapehere。
Hewasagoodhusband——nobetteranywheres——andheandIhadagoodlifetogetherlongashewaswell。I’vesailedagoodmanyv’yageswithhim，andIfeelprettynighasmuchathomeonthewaterasI
doonland。Ourtroublewasthesamethatagoodmanyfolkshave；
wedidn’tcal’latethatfairweatherwouldn’tlastallthetime，that’sall。”Itwasn’thisfaultanymorethan’twasmine。Wesavedalittlemoney，butnotenough，asitturnedout。Well，hewastookdownsickandhadtogiveupgoin’tosea，andwehadalittleplaceoverinNantucket，andsettleddownonit。Fustalong，Jubalwasabletodoalittlefarmin’andsoon，andwegotalongprettywell，butbyandbyhegotsohewa’n’tabletowork，andthen’twasharder。Whatlittlewe’dsavedwentfordoctor’sbillsandthis，that，andt’other。Hedidn’tliketohavemeleavehim，soI