He also promised that even in this department he would see to it personally that nothing was wasted.
I also left him to engage the crew.

He said he could do the thing, and would, for me, with the help two men and a boy.

If he was alluding to the clearing up of the victuals and drink, I think he was making an under- estimate; but possibly he may have been speaking of the sailing of the yacht.
I called at my tailors on the way home and ordered a yachting suit, with a white hat, which they promised to bustle up and have ready in time; and then I went home and told Ethelbertha all I had done.

Her delight was clouded by only one reflection--would the dressmaker be able to finish a yachting costume for her in time?
That is so like a woman.
Our honeymoon, which had taken place not very long before, had been somewhat curtailed, so we decided we would invite nobody, but have the yacht to ourselves.

And thankful I am to Heaven that we did so decide.
On Monday we put on all our clothes and started.