A week of comparative quiet brought little change for the better to Lucy, so it was decided that they would by easy stages, get back to London, thence to Cork and Kildare Villa.

Lucy kept Chester informed of their doings, saying as little as possible about her health.

As she did not wish to deprive him of the full enjoyment of his visit to Switzerland, she did not send him word of their intentions, until they were ready to leave.

They would go by way of Calais and Dover, the short-water route, she wrote him.
When Chester received this information he hastily cut short his sight seeing, and started for London by way of Rotterdam.

The long ride alone was somewhat tiresome, and he was glad to meet again some of the elders in the land of canals and windmills.
Just before the train rolled into Rotterdam, Chester thought of Glen Curtis.