She had a twenty-foot launch, equal to fourteen knots, that made no more noise than a sewing machine.

Altogether there were worse as well as better boats upon the sea than was the _Zulu Queen_.
Croesus Jr., disliking expense as noted, did not care to keep the _Zulu Queen_ in commission.

And yet the rust of retirement was eating into her value! A yacht, a horse, and a woman, to keep at their best, should be constantly in commission.

Croesus Jr.

offered the _Zulu Queen_ to Storri for the spring and summer, Storri to foot the bills.