Bulke proceeded to do so, while Rosa lifted Ella to her crimson arm.
Now the children begged to remain where they were, although before they had been annoying Ingigerd by constantly crying for Rosa.
"Let them stay," said Ingigerd.
Rosa thanked her. "They are really best off here," she said. "All they take for supper is some milk and a roll. I will bring it right away."
"What is that on your arm?" asked Frederick. It looked as if a beast had been clawing at her.
"Oh, nothing," she said. "My mistress doesn't know what she is doing. She's out of her senses from seasickness and fright."
XL
For five hours the cyclone raged unmercifully. At ever shorter intervals, gust on gust in increasing fury hurled itself against the vessel.
With great difficulty Frederick made his way down to the barber, who, though the ship's movement was a fearful combination of rolling and pitching, actually performed the miracle of shaving him.