"Did you really, sir?" I gasped. "Thank you very much indeed, sir!"
"Umph! Do you know where we are going? Yokohama!—to-morrow; got orders to-night; off you go."
I rushed off to tell everybody, and was awfully happy again—everyone was; but what made me so happy was to know that Captain Lester himself had written about me saving his life, and that everyone at Upton Overy would know about it. I knew how my mother would love her letter, and keep it, and read it over and over again. Nan wrote an awfully spidery kind of a fist, and wanted me to bring her a whole lot of "curios" when we came home. She said that I had promised to do so, and that this was just a "reminder". It was jolly to hear from her, and she sent her love to old "Blucher", and wanted to know whether he had had any of his "fits" lately.
My face was nearly all right again by this time, but the forehead was darker on the left side, and Dr. Barclay said that he thought it would always be like that.
I didn't really mind, because it would always be something to show, and to remind me of everything.
As a matter of fact, I was rather pleased about it, but had to pretend I wasn't.
CHAPTER XVII
Goodbye to the Huan Min
Out of Danger—Goodbye to Ching—Mr. Rashleigh's Report—at Hong-Kong
Written by Commander Truscott