He had expected to meet a rough , burly sailor , loud of voice and forbidding of manner . Instead , Captain Anthony was a tall , well-built man of perhaps fifty . His face , beneath its shock of iron-grey hair , was handsome but wore a somewhat forbidding expression , and there was something in it , apart from line or feature , which did not please Alan . He had no time to analyze this impression , for Lynde said hurriedly , `` Father , this is Mr. Douglas . He has just done me a great service . '' She briefly explained her accident ; when she had finished , the Captain turned to Alan and held out his hand , a frank smile replacing the rather suspicious and contemptuous scowl which had previously overshadowed it . `` I am much obliged to you , Mr. Douglas , '' he said cordially . `` You must come up to the house and let me thank you at leisure . As a rule I 'm not very partial to the cloth , as you may have heard . In this case it is the man , not the minister , I invite . '' The front door of Four Winds opened directly into a wide , low-ceilinged living room , furnished with simplicity and good taste . Leaving the two men there , Lynde and the old cousin vanished , and Alan found himself talking freely with the Captain who could , as it appeared , talk well on many subjects far removed from Four Winds . He was evidently a clever , self-educated man , somewhat opinionated and given to sarcasm ; he never made any references to his own past life or experiences , but Alan discovered him to be surprisingly well read in politics and science . Sometimes in the pauses of the conversation Alan found the older man looking at him in a furtive way he did not like , but the Captain was such an improvement on what he had been led to expect that he was not inclined to be over critical . At least , this was what he honestly thought . He did not suspect that it was because this man was Lynde 's father that he wished to think as well as possible of him . Presently Lynde came in . She had changed her outdoor dress , stained with moss and soil in her fall , for a soft clinging garment of some pale yellow material , and her long , thick braid of hair hung over her shoulder . She sat mutely down in a dim corner and took no part in the conversation except to answer briefly the remarks which Alan addressed to her . Emily came in and lighted the lamp on the table .
She was XXXXX grim and unsmiling as ever , yet she cast a look of satisfaction on Alan as she passed out .
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