"Have you slept well?" he asked, as he took her hand.
"Yes. I thought when I lay down that it would be impossible for me to sleep at all—it had been such a wonderful day, it was all so strange, so sudden, and so happy—and just as I was thinking so, I suppose I dropped off and slept till Anna woke me three quarters of an hour ago, and told me what time it was.
"Frank, I did not say anything yesterday, not even a single word of thanks, for all that you have done for me; but you know very well that it was not because I did not feel it, but because if I had said anything at all I should have broken down, and that was the very thing that I knew I ought not to do. But you know, don't you, that I shall have all my life to prove how thankful I am."
"I know, dear, and between us surely nothing need be said. I am as thankful that I have been the means of saving you, as you can be that I was almost miraculously enabled to follow your track so successfully."
"Breakfast is ready, sir," the steward announced from the companion.
"Coming, steward.
"I have told them, Bertha, to lay for three. I thought that it would be pleasanter for you to have Anna with you at meals, as I suppose she has taken them with you since you were carried off."
"Thank you," she said, gratefully. "It won't be quite so nice for you, I know, but perhaps it will be better."
"Well, Anna, you are looking very well," Frank said as he sat down.
"You must officiate with the coffee, Bertha. I will see after the eatables."