The interior of the carriage, all the way, shall belong to Mrs.
Gray and her family, and the _coupe_ to Mr. George and Rollo. Mr.
George or Rollo may, perhaps, sometimes ride inside; but if they do
so, it is to be understood that they ride there as the guests of
Mrs. Gray; and in the same manner, if at any time any of Mrs.
Gray's party ride outside, it will be as the guests of Mr. George
and Rollo.

"Good!" said Rollo. "I like that regulation very much. I shall not want
to get inside very often."

"You may sometimes wish to invite Rosie to take your place outside,
when it is very pleasant, and you take her place inside," suggested Mr.
George.

"No," said Rollo; "there will be room outside for her and me too. She
can sit right between you and me."

"And, perhaps, sometimes I may invite Rosie and her brother to come
outside and ride with you, while I go inside with Mrs. Gray," added Mr.
George.

"_That_ will be a good plan," said Rollo. "But now what is the second
rule?"

II.

On arriving at a hotel for the night, Mrs. Gray is to take her
choice first of all the rooms shown, for herself and Rosie. Then
from the other rooms Mr. George is to choose the bed that he will
sleep in. Then the two boys are to choose from the beds that are
left, each to have the first choice alternately, beginning with
Josie.

"Why should Josie begin?" asked Rollo. "I am the oldest."

"True," said Mr. George; "but it is of no consequence at all which
begins, and as _we_ are drawing up the rules, it is polite and proper to
give Josie the precedence in such a point."

"Very well," said Rollo; "go on. How about Susannah?"

"O, it is not necessary to make any rule about Susannah," replied Mr.
George. "I suppose that Mrs. Gray will take her into her room, if there
is a spare bed there. If not, they must make some other arrangement for
her."

III.

Every evening before the party separate for the night, Mrs. Gray
shall decide at what hour we shall set off the next morning, and
also at what hour we shall breakfast, after first hearing what
Vittorio's opinion is as to the best time for setting out.

"Why can't we have a fixed time for setting out every day?" asked Rollo,
"and agree about it once for all beforehand."

"Because we have different distances to go on different days," said Mr.
George, "so that sometimes we shall have to set out