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"The new copper" did not interest me; what little washing we might want could wait, I thought. But the "pianette by Woffenkoff" sounded alluring. I pictured Ethelbertha playing in the evening something with a chorus, in which, perhaps, the crew, with a little training, might join while our moving home bounded, "greyhound-like," over the silvery billows.
"They must have gone to sleep," said Ethelbertha, later on. "It will be tea-time soon." They were certainly very quiet. I went for'ard, and hailed Captain Goyles down the ladder. I hailed him three times; then he came up slowly. He appeared to be a heavier and older man than when I had seen him last. He had a cold cigar in his mouth. "When you are ready, Captain Goyles," I said, "we'll start."
Fate would not hear of our having a houseboat that summer, which was an exceptionally fine summer, but promised us that if we were good and saved up our money, we should have one next year; and Ethelbertha and I, being simple-minded, inexperienced children, were content with the promise, and had faith in its satisfactory fulfilment. As soon as we reached home we informed Amenda of our plan.
When I came to think of it the man was right; the wind was blowing off the land. "It may change in the night," said Captain Goyles, more hopefully "anyhow, it's not violent, and she rides well." Captain Goyles resumed his cigar, and I returned aft, and explained to Ethelbertha the reason for the delay.
"That was my opinion also," I replied. She was one of a mob following the band of the Third Berkshire Infantry, then in camp at Sandgate. There was an ecstatic, far-away look in her eyes. She was dancing rather than walking, and with her left hand she beat time to the music. "Ethelbertha was with me at the time.
The old man as a matter of fact, he isn't old at all; can't be very much older than myself; I don't know why they all call him the old man has formed a high opinion of Dick. His daughter told me so, and I have taken care to let Dick know it. The boy will not care to disappoint him. Her mother " "Whose mother?" interrupted Ethelbertha. "Janie's mother, Mrs. St. Leonard," I explained.
As I explained at the commencement, it was told to me by Ethelbertha, who had it from Amenda, who got it from the charwoman, and exaggerations may have crept into it. The following, however, were incidents that came under my own personal observation.
"'I'm a disgrace to a decent household, she said; 'no mistress who respected herself would keep me a moment. I ought to be put out on the doorstep with my box and a month's wages. "'But why did you do it then? said Ethelbertha, with natural astonishment. "'Because I'm a helpless ninny, mum. There was no trace of bitterness or passion in Amenda's tones.
"'You were walking with a soldier's arm around your waist when we passed you, Amenda? she observed interrogatively. "'I know, mum, admitted Amenda, 'I found it there myself when the music stopped. "Ethelbertha looked her enquiries. Amenda filled a saucepan with water, and then replied to them.
"That's not a very kind remark to make," I said, "not a wifely remark." "I know it isn't," she replied; "that is why I have never said it before. You men never can understand," continued Ethelbertha, "that, however fond a woman may be of a man, there are times when he palls upon her.
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