Chapter III.
Departure.
The moving away of the steamer from the pier had the effect of producing a striking illusion in Jane's mind.
"Why, Rollo!" she exclaimed, looking up to Rollo, quite alarmed. "The pier is sailing away from us, and all the people on it."
"O, no," said Rollo, "the pier is not sailing away. We are sailing away ourselves."
Jane gazed upon the receding shore with a look of bewildered astonishment. Then she added in a very sorrowful and desponding tone,—
"O Rollo! you told me that uncle George would certainly come back; and now he is not coming back at all."