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Most unobtrusively Lucille faded away also. "Isn't she a hopeless beast," murmured she as the door closed. "Utter rotter," admitted the boy. "Let's slope out into the garden and dig some worms for bait." "Yes," agreed Lucille, and added, "Parse Smellie," whereupon, with one voice and heart and purpose the twain broke into a paean, not of praise a kind of tribal lay, and chanted:
"You may depend on it, Mr Smellie, the rascals have got wind of our presence in the river, and intend trying to slip out past us to-night as soon as the fog settles down. I'll be bound they know every inch of the river, and could find their way out blindfold?" "No doubt of it, sir," answered the second luff.
She gave him a beautiful veneration for woman that no other woman was capable of destroying though one or two did their best. Then the sad-eyed lady was superseded and her professional successor, Miss Smellie, the governess, finding the boy loved the Sword, asked Grumper to lock it away for the boy's Good. Also she got Grumper to dismiss Nurse Beaton for impudence and not "knowing her place".
As Rebecca went back to her seat she asked Miss Dearborn if she might pass a note to Minnie Smellie and received permission. This was the note: Of all the girls that are so mean There's none like Minnie Smellie. I'll take away the gift I gave And pound her into jelly. P. S. Now do you believe me? R. Randall.
The only thing was to lure him out on deck; and accordingly, whilst Smellie awaited him at the door, I went in, and grasping him by the shoulder shook him roughly, retiring again promptly as soon as I found that I had aroused him.
We were, of course, quite unable to understand the words she uttered, but her actions, graceful as they were, were significant enough; she was evidently asking whether we were hungry or thirsty. To this inquiry Smellie nodded a prompt affirmative, which I backed up with the single word "Rather," uttered so expressively that I am certain she quite understood me.
I was exceedingly anxious to be allowed to take part in the forthcoming expedition and had been eagerly watching, all the way across the river, for an opportunity to ask the necessary permission; but Captain Vernon had been so earnestly engaged in discussing with Smellie the details and arrangements for the projected attack that I had been unable to do so.
It was about noon when I swallowed the potion, and two hours afterwards I was more hungry than I remembered to have ever been before. So far, good; I determined to wait until night, and then, if no worse result than hunger revealed itself, try the effect of my new medicine upon Smellie.
This exchange, in addition to a pretty thorough ablution, made quite a new man of me; I felt actually comfortable once more, for the first time since leaving the Daphne on the occasion of that unfortunate night attack. Smellie was still in his room, for I could hear him moving about, so I went in, curious to know whether he had fared equally well with myself.
"That is quite right," remarked Smellie, who had been watching me; "and if we happen to sight the land in passing that point it will be an assurance that, so far, we have been steering our proper course. But bless me," looking at his watch "it is a quarter after nine. I had no idea it was so late. Run away, Mr Hawkesley, and make your preparations.
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