“Oh, are we going to start so soon?” asked Mrs. Brown. “Why, our trunks aren’t on board! Do stop the ship, Walter! Don’t let it go!”
CHAPTER VIII
THE ROLLING OCEAN
Bunny and Sue were excited when they heard what their mother said about the ship, and they, too, thought it ought not to be allowed to start so soon. Mr. Brown looked at the steward and the man smiled.
“The ship isn’t going yet—not for several hours,” the steward said. “You will have plenty of time to get your luggage on board.”
“It feels as if it were going,” remarked Bunny.
“It’s—now—jiggily like,” Sue said.
“They’re trying the engines,” explained the steward. “The ship is still fast in the dock, but the engineer wants to make sure everything is all right, so he has started the machinery.”
“Oh,” said Bunny Brown.
“Oh,” said sister Sue.
Then Bunny looked across the stateroom toward a round opening in the side and said: