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In 1778, a fine ship, the Amelia, fitted out for the express purpose, and at the sole charge of the vigorous Enderbys, boldly rounded Cape Horn, and was the first among the nations to lower a whale-boat of any sort in the great South Sea.
"Alan!" she broke out, abruptly, "I'm worried, and if I can't tell you about it there's no one I can." The appeal in her voice must have reached him, though he seemed scarcely to have heeded her words. "What is it?" he asked, kindly. "You went back to the Enderbys' after Mr. Westover brought you home, and then some one else had to bring you again." "How do you know?" "I was up, and let you in "
The little Enderbys were thinking how very odd it was that the little girl whom they had often seen, as they walked with their nurse or drove past in the carriage with their mother, playing on the roads in a soiled pinafore, should be now presented to them as a new cousin. Phyllis, the eldest, was much displeased, for pride was her ruling fault.
During the three months that followed, Waymark's intercourse with the Enderbys was pretty frequent. Mrs. Enderby asked few questions about him, and Maud was silent after she had explained Waymark's position, so far as she was acquainted with it, and how she had come to know him.
On Sunday afternoon they drive through the grounds in procession; you'd think our place a public park and we the keepers." In all this banter Virginia was given the English viewpoint as to Western manners and conditions. She perceived that the Enderbys, notwithstanding their heavy-set prejudices, were persons of discernment and right feeling.
In February, 1823, Weddell had the satisfaction of beating Cook's record by reaching a latitude of 74° 15' S. in the sea now known as Weddell Sea, which in that year was clear of ice. The English firm of shipowners, Enderby Brothers, plays a not unimportant part in Antarctic exploration. The Enderbys had carried on sealing in southern waters since 1785.
Not only her dress, but her accent, which was slightly foreign, her peculiarly winning smiles, her merry little laugh and graceful movements all seemed to the Enderbys more charming than could be described. Even Phyllis, usually so critical, was taken captive by their new friend, Reine. Miss Gaythorne was just finishing a piece of embroidery.
Of him it is said that he was "kind-hearted, generous, cheerful, full of humour, always just, living by the code of honour," and "greatly beloved." His wife belonged to a family of great merchant adventurers and explorers, the Enderbys, whose ships had done many daring things on far seas.
"I think it is a gentleman's duty to take the King's gifts without question," answered the young man. "Whether the King be just or not, eh? Where would England have been, my son, if the barons had submitted to King John? Where would the Enderbys have been had they not withstood the purposes of Queen Mary? Come, come, the King has a chance to prove himself as John Enderby has proven himself.
You, sir, are the first of our name that ever was a traitor to his house." So intent were the two that they did not see or hear three men who drew aside the curtains at the end of the room and stood spying upon them three of Cromwell's men. Young Enderby laughed sneeringly and answered: "It was a King of England that gave Enderby Manor to the Enderbys.
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