"Dear me!"
"Isn't she a beauty?"
"I should think she was."
"Come, mother, we are going to take you out to sail in her. You shall try her right off," said John. "Jump aboard."
"But I can't jump aboard. The water is knee-deep around her. Besides, supper is almost ready."
"Never mind the supper. Jump in."
"I can't jump in. Where have you been, John? You are as wet as a drowned rat!"
"I fell into the tub just now; but never mind that."
"But I do mind it; and you must go up and have on dry clothes before you go anywhere."
"We will go up and have supper, and after that we will take you out," said Paul.