Among the frightened people was Nora, who grasping Daisy's dress with one hand and some part of the boat with the other, kept uttering little cries of "Oh Daisy"-- "Oh! Daisy"-- with every fresh lurch of the vessel.
Ella Stanfield had thrown herself down in her mother's lap.

Daisy was very much tried.
"Nora," she said, "I wish you would not cry so!" "But I am afraid!" "I wish you would be comforted, and not cry out so," sighed Daisy.

"Papa says there is no danger--didn't you hear him ?" "But oh, I am afraid!" re-echoed Nora.
Daisy folded her hands and tried to bide patiently the time of smooth water.

It came, partially at least, as they neared the opposite bank.
The boat went steadily; spirits revived; and soon the passage was brought to an end and the sail-boat laid alongside the little jetty, on which the party, men, women and children, stepped out with as sincere a feeling of pleasure as had moved them all day.

Carriages were in waiting; a few minutes brought the whole company to Melbourne House.
Here they were to stay supper; and the ladies and gentlemen dispersed to various dressing rooms to prepare for it.