"My conscience is plaguin' me enough about fetchin' you on this cruise, as it is.

Just take it as easy as you can, Emily.

Lie down and rest, and please me." So Emily obeyed orders and Mrs.Barnes, after drawing the curtains and asking over and over again if her cousin was sure she was comfortable, went out.

It was late in the afternoon when she returned.
"I've been talkin' until my face aches," she declared.

"And my mind is about made up to do--to do what may turn out to be the craziest thing I ever DID do.