They had scarcely risen from the table when the Sandford party drove up to the door.

These were to go in a boat with the party from Melbourne House.

Mr.and Mrs.
Fish, from higher up the river, were to cross in their own boat and join the rest at the spot appointed on the opposite shore.

The Stanfields were to do the same, starting from a different point; friends having arrived that would swell their numbers beyond the original four.

Of all this, Daisy cared just for one thing; that Nora was come and was to go in the boat with her, and no other.