CHAPTER FIVE.
OUTWARD BOUND.
"But why not go on board to-night ?" asked Nic.
"Because," said Lady O'Hara drily, "it will be better to leave it till to-morrow." Nic wondered, and said nothing, but he knew afterwards.

The fact was, he did not think about anything for long.

There was too much to see and do.

One thought crowded out another.

This minute he would be wondering how the dogs were, the next whether cows were ever sea-sick, and this made him wonder whether Dominic Braydon, off on his first voyage, would suffer from that most unpleasant ailment.