THREE:Mrs Keeling made a great effort with herself to behave as befitted a mayoress and the daughter of a P. and O. captain. She thought it outrageous of her husband to have brought the girl in{138} here without consulting her, not being clever enough to see the obvious wisdom, both from his standpoint and that of the girl, of his doing so. But she had the fairness to admit in her own mind that it was not the girls fault: Mr Keeling had told her to come into the drawing-room, and naturally she came. Therefore she behaved to her as befitted the Mayoress talking to a typewriter, and was very grand and condescending.
THREE:"Not a sign of a sign! And yet I'll swear it! Do you know where she's gone?"TRAVELLING BY CANGO. TRAVELLING BY CANGO.
THREE:"Courage and perseverance," Frank added.
THREE:FISHING WITH CORMORANTS. FISHING WITH CORMORANTS."She's still very weak," said Aunt Martha when we came to her; "the moment her bed was made up she asked to lie down again."
THREE:Hardly was the anchor down before the steamer was surrounded by a swarm of little boats, and Frank thought they were the funniest boats he had ever seen.