"And you will come to my country, mistress?"
"Yes; we hope to visit at least Hong Kong and Canton, Shanghai and Pekin."
"You will wish to see the home of Sky-High, mistress."
"Yes, we would like to see you in your own country."
"When will the master go?"
"Next year, probably."
"Sky-High will go home next year. Will you let him go with you, mistress? He will serve you on the ships, and in China he will make your visit pleasant. He will interpret for you, and show you about, and introduce you about."
Mrs. Van Buren was too kind to let her astonishment be seen by her little serving-man. She said that possibly it might be so arranged.
As she went up-stairs she heard Nora exclaiming to herself in the pantry. "And he says he'll inthroduce the misthress about, and the misthress is narely as quare!"