“I would not have disturbed you,” she said.
“I think it is cooler close to the rail,” he suggested. “The little one is very brave. Is he awake?”
“Yes——”
“I don’t know why I said ‘he,’—the fact is, I didn’t know,” he laughed.
“You were right,” she answered, sitting down. “He seems to have so much to study and contemplate. It passes the time for him, and then he is very well and he likes the sea.”
“He has been to sea before?”
“Yes, we came up from Auckland on a steamer when he was ver-ee little, but he liked it, and did so well. It was harder for him in New York, although he didn’t complain——”
Bellair laughed.
“Now that I have taken your seat—won’t you get another?” she asked. “Or the hammock?”
“If you don’t mind I should be very glad to get another chair——”