No doubt she has a right to expect that she will do so.

However, I think she is too fond of Bertha to thwart her, however disappointed she might feel.

At present I don't think that she has any more suspicion than Bertha herself of my intentions." During the voyage Bertha and Amy Sinclair had become quite adroit helmswomen, and one or other was constantly at the tiller when the wind was light.

Bertha had learned the names of all the crew, and often went forward to ask questions of the men tending the head sails, becoming a prime favourite with all hands.

On arriving at Southampton the rest of the party went up at once to town, while Frank remained behind for a day or two, going round in the yacht to Gosport, where she was to be laid up for the winter..