"And we will send despatches and letters to some of them, that all may be apprised of our safety thus far," added his wife.
"Yes, indeed," said Violet. "By the way, I wonder where our bride and groom are by this time? I wish we might come across them and persuade them to travel in the Dolphin again. We would only have to crowd a little as before, to make room for them."
"And none of us would object to that, I think," remarked Rose.
"I, for one, am decidedly of the opinion that it would pay," said Lucilla. "Don't you think so, father?"
"Yes; I have always found their society enjoyable," Captain Raymond replied to that. "And I hope they have found ours agreeable enough to need but little urging to accept our invitation."
"Perhaps we may come upon them in Montreal," remarked Grace. "Papa, is it not the largest city of Lower Canada?"
"Yes; the largest in British America."
"Where is it, papa?" asked little Elsie.
"On the left bank of this—the St. Lawrence River, 200 miles below Lake Ontario; 160 above Quebec, which will be our next stopping place."
"Will we get there to-day, papa?" asked Elsie.