"It doesn't rain every minute," retorted Jack. "There have been some quite pleasant days since we left home."
"But scarcely one since we reached here. I had no idea that Japan was such a moist, unpleasant place."
"You ought to have known it would be in summer, but I don't see but that we do very well even when it rains. There are the jinrikishas to take you everywhere."
"Oh, but it is depressing without any sunshine," protested Jean, "and it is so damp all my things are beginning to mould."
"I suppose," remarked Jack who was ready to make capital of any information which came her way, "that is why they wear pongee and crape in these countries; I never thought of it before, but now I see why. Don't you think we might take a day for Enoshima, Aunt Helen, just one day before we go? Even if it rained it wouldn't make so much difference."
"What do you say, Nan?" asked her Aunt Helen.
Nan, who was busy examining a map, traced a line on its surface. "I don't see why we need take a day off to go there specially, when our way leads right past it. Why not stop there over night, or at Kamakura? We always meant to do that, you know, then we could go on the next day. I think it might be the best plan, for it ought to be less tiresome for you and mother."
"Very well, we will decide to do that, for, as you say, Nan, it will be carrying out a former plan and will not be out of our way."
"I shall pray for a pleasant day," said Jack. "I am so glad to find out where it is. If I had known that Myanoshita was in that direction I should have felt easier."