FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56  
57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66   67   68   69   70   71   72   73   74   75   76   77   78   79   80   81   >>   >|  
which Rollo, in a very clear and lucid manner, explained all the circumstances of the case to her. He told her about his father being sick in England, and about his having sent for him and Jane to go to England and meet him there. He also explained what Mr. George's plan had been for providing them with a protector on the voyage, and how it had been defeated by the accident of the loss of the trunk. He also told her how narrowly they had escaped having the trunk itself left behind. He ended by saying that there were several of his father's friends on board, only he did not know of any way by which he could find out who they were. "Never mind that," said Maria. "I will take care of you. You need not be at all afraid; you will get along very well. Have you got any state room?" "No," said Rollo. "Well, I will go and find the chambermaid, and she will get you one. Then we will have your trunk sent to it, and you will feel quite at home there." So Maria went away, and presently returned with one of the chambermaids. When the chambermaid learned that there were two children on board without any one to take care of them, she was very much interested in their case. Rollo heard her say to Maria, as they came up together toward the sofa where the children were sitting,-- "O, yes, I will find them a state room, if they have not got one already. Children," she added, when she came near, "are you sure you have not got any state room?" "Yes," said Rollo. "I did not know where the captain's office was." "O, you don't go to the captain's office," said the chambermaid. "They pay for the passage and get the tickets in Wall Street." "Perhaps this is it, then," said Rollo. And so saying, he took out his wallet, and there, from one of the inner compartments, where his uncle George had placed it away very carefully, he produced a paper. The chambermaid opened it, saying, "Yes, this is all right. Berths sixteen and eighteen. Come with me, and I'll show you where they are." So the two children, accompanied by Maria, followed the chambermaid, who led the way across the cabin, and there, entering a passage way, she opened a door, by means of a beautiful porcelain knob which was upon it. They all went in. They found themselves in a small room, no bigger than a large closet, but they saw at a glance that it was very beautifully finished and furnished. On the front side was a round window like those they had seen in the dinin
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56  
57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66   67   68   69   70   71   72   73   74   75   76   77   78   79   80   81   >>   >|  



Top keywords:
chambermaid
 

children

 

office

 
opened
 

explained

 
father
 

George

 

England

 

captain


passage

 

carefully

 
produced
 

Berths

 

compartments

 

wallet

 

tickets

 

Perhaps

 

Street


bigger

 
closet
 

furnished

 

finished

 
glance
 

beautifully

 

window

 

accompanied

 

eighteen


beautiful
 

porcelain

 
entering
 

sixteen

 

narrowly

 

escaped

 

friends

 
afraid
 

accident


circumstances

 
manner
 

voyage

 

defeated

 

protector

 
providing
 

sitting

 

Children

 

interested


learned

 

chambermaids

 

presently

 

returned