"His two mothers, rather," said Harry, with a faltering voice.
After another silence, Elinor turned to Hazlehurst with an anxious look, saying:
"And your other friends?"
"All safe; love."
"The crew too?"
"One of the crew is lost; Black Bob, a sailor from Longbridge."
"I remember him; he had no family I believe, Aunt," she said.
"None, my child, that I have ever heard of."
"The heaviest blow has fallen upon the Hubbards," said Harry.
After a pause, in which aunt and niece had prayed for the mourners, Elinor again made some inquiries.