The baroness shook her head. "I don't think you understand. I hate the scum of the ocean as well. To think about you out on the waves, fighting them, would stir my heart. I have more money than God and little enough of it is spent on decent goals. You must let me do this. As to what Mr. Hawthorne wishes to do, he is a grown man and you can not very well tell him what to do."