And when the banquet was finished and the last guest had departed to its own house--for the houses on the island were of course all ready to be occupied, furnished to the last point of comfort, with pin-cushions full of pins in every room, Mr.Noah and Lucy and Philip sat down on the terrace steps among the pink roses for a last little talk.
'Because,' said Philip, 'we shall start the first thing in the morning.
So please will you tell me now what the next deed is that I have to do ?' 'Will you go by ark ?' Mr.Noah asked, rolling up his yellow mat to make an elbow rest and leaning on it; 'I shall be delighted.' 'I thought,' said Philip, 'we might go in the _Lightning Loose_.

I've never sailed her yet, you know.

Do you think I _could_ ?' 'Of course you can,' said Mr.Noah; 'and if not, Lucy can show you.

Your charming yacht is steered on precisely the same principle as the ark.
And in this land all the winds are favourable.

You will find the yacht suitably provisioned.