"When will I know?" she asked after a while.
"When you get to The Breakers."
"Oh."
She was silent for a little, then she said:
"I know you think it was awful for me to run away with Tommy—"
"It would have been better if you had sent him home."
"But I wanted to help him—he has such a hard time."
"He would have a harder time if he went to sea, Judy. He isn't like you, he doesn't like the sea for its own sake. He has read a lot of stuff about sailors and adventures, and his head is full of it. He isn't the kind that makes a brave man."
"I know that," said Judy, for the little voyage had proved Tommy and had found him wanting.
"He ought to stay at home and fight things out," said Launcelot, "as the rest of us have to."