[Melbourne House, Volume 2 by Susan Warner]@TWC D-Link bookMelbourne House, Volume 2 CHAPTER VI 18/34
Have we got to wait till the men go there and bring him back? We shall be late at supper!" "The river will be all the quieter, Mrs.Gary," said Mr.Randolph mischievously. "The river? You don't mean to say it is not quiet ?" "It was not, quiet a while ago, I assure you." "Well, I do think, if ever there was a misnamed thing, it is a party of pleasure," said the lady disconsolately. "They are very pleasant when they are over, sister Gary," said Mr. Randolph. "Daisy," Nora whispered, "are you afraid ?" "No." "Your father says it is rough." "He knows how to manage the boat," said Daisy. "It isn't rough, I don't believe," said Ella Stanfield.
"It isn't rough now." "I wish we were at the other side," said Nora. "O Nora, I think it is nice," said Daisy.
"How bright the moonlight is! Look--all over the river there is a broad strip.
I hope we shall sail along just in that strip.
Isn't it wonderful, Nora ?" "No.
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