"At this moment I have a nurse.

She's a good woman as they go, but she's determined to make my children pray.

So far, owing to great care on my part, they think of God as a kind of walrus; but now that my back's turned--Ridley," she demanded, swinging round upon her husband, "what shall we do if we find them saying the Lord's Prayer when we get home again ?" Ridley made the sound which is represented by "Tush." But Willoughby, whose discomfort as he listened was manifested by a slight movement rocking of his body, said awkwardly, "Oh, surely, Helen, a little religion hurts nobody." "I would rather my children told lies," she replied, and while Willoughby was reflecting that his sister-in-law was even more eccentric than he remembered, pushed her chair back and swept upstairs.

In a second they heard her calling back, "Oh, look! We're out at sea!" They followed her on to the deck.

All the smoke and the houses had disappeared, and the ship was out in a wide space of sea very fresh and clear though pale in the early light.