"You are right, John," said his mother. "Give her all your heart, and she will give you hers."
"I know it, mother," said John.
Pastor Lindal accompanied them to Aarhus, and when they came on board the yacht, John Hardy spread out the chart of the Danish islands before him.
"We can reach Nyborg to-night, Herr Pastor," said he, "and call and stop at Svendborg, and run round Møen's Klint to Copenhagen, and passing Elsinore to Aarhus again, stopping at any place on the way."
"But the time?" asked the Pastor.
"A week," replied John; "or you can land at any place, and return by rail in a few hours."
"No, Herr Pastor," interposed Mrs. Hardy, "you must not bind us to time. We shall see if the cruise is a benefit to you, and if so, you must prolong it."
The Pastor always surrendered when challenged by Mrs. Hardy.
Whilst they were at lunch, the Rosendal steam yacht was passing Samsø.
"This island," said John Hardy, "appears from the chart to be a sand bank washed up by the sea."