21/21 A solitary swan ruffled its plumes and elongated its throat, doubled in quivering outlines beneath the muddy surface. All at once the splash of oars was heard and the sluggish waters were stirred by the passage of a boat in which a heroic young man was rowing a no less heroic young woman. After that she fell back entirely on Bobby and Esther and the _London Journal_ and never even saved up nine shillings again.. |