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All that is certainly known is that they never returned, and that they had been noticed by a passing barge running to and fro and waving, which the bargemen thought, alas! was only the play of some holiday-keepers on an excursion to the Goodwins. They went to the Goodwins in a light south-west breeze and smooth sea.
At last the watering-place was gained. It seemed to Walter and his sister more thronged than ever. Several large excursion trains had brought their many hundreds of eager and excited holiday-keepers. Esplanade, sands, and by-streets were swarming with passers to and fro. Would they meet Gregson and Saunders there?
"They're regular holiday-keepers, they are. Been at the Palace Arms, I should say, most of the day." "Now then, you clear out," said the policemen, with voice and manner that even Chris dared not disregard. "Please, we want to go to the station. We're to meet the others to go by the half-past six train," said Walter desperately. "You must look sharp, then it's just off.
She tightened her grip on the handkerchief and kept her lips firmly compressed. Gilbart saw that, though tearless, her eyes wore traces of tears no redness, but some swelling of the lids, with dark semicircles underneath. "To them," he went on, nodding toward the holiday-keepers, "it's only regatta day. To them she's only a passing ship helping to make up the pretty scene.
It was a Friday forenoon, and there were many holiday-keepers hastening to trains. At the corner of one of the main thoroughfares a crowd partly blocked the road. The cause of it became apparent to us when the head and arched neck of a black charger appeared, and then the white plume and polished cuirass of a Life Guardsman. We stood on a door-step, so that Bella might see the troop.
Sometimes the Indians, when they travel at night, fix fire-flies to their feet, and so have good lamps to their path." While Barney was expressing his surprise at this information, in very racy language, they entered the village; and, mingling with the throng of holiday-keepers, followed the stream towards the grand square.
Sometimes the Indians, when they travel at night, fix fire-flies to their feet and so have good lamps to their path." While Barney was expressing his surprise at this information, in very racy language, they entered the village; and, mingling with the throng of holiday-keepers, followed the stream towards the grand square.
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