Sally and the Duchess shut their eyes tight, their hearts throbbing with eager expectation.
"Up then, Daisy! Up, Cornflower! Round the bend we go. Presto!"
The Duchess and Sally opened their eyes and uttered exclamations of delight. The glorious sea lay before them, with large ships in the distance and fishing boats in the foreground. In one part the sun, playing on the water, transformed it into an island of flashing jewels. It was a veritable wonderland to the children--a dream of beauty never to be forgotten.
"Do I see the waves creeping up, Sally?" asked Seth, gaily.
Sally raised her face to his and kissed him.
"It's all through that money that was sent to the Duchess, Daddy."
"All through that, Sally."
"Then I love money, Daddy," said Sally; "and I'd like to be a lady, so that the Duchess and me might live always by the sea. How far does it stretch? More than we can see?"
"Thousands, and thousands, and thousands of miles more. Away into other countries, where it's night at the present moment while it's daylight here."
"I don't understand it," said Sally, with a sigh of ecstasy, "and I don't want to. Oh, we're going away from it!"