"No, sir; she didn't say that she did or she didn't." "Go and ask her the question." Lulu went back and asked it.
"No, my child, I do not," Elsie answered.

"It is very unlikely that any one else will be in white or anything at all dressy, and you will look overdressed, which is in very bad taste; besides, though the weather seems warm enough for such thin material here on shore, it will be a great deal cooler on the water; and should the waves or spray come dashing over us, you would find your dress clinging to you like a wet rag--neither beauty nor comfort in it." "I could wear a waterproof over it while we are sailing," said Lulu.
"Even that might not prove a perfect protection," Elsie replied.

"I think, my dear, you will do well to content yourself to wear your travelling dress, which is of a light woollen material, neat without being too dressy, and of a color that will not show every little soil.
And it is as good and handsome as the dress I shall wear or as Rosie, and probably any one else, will have on." "But you can choose for yourself, Grandma Elsie, and I wish I could." "That is one of the privileges of older years," Elsie answered pleasantly.

"I was considerably older than you are before I was allowed to select my own attire.

But I repeat that I shall not raise the slightest objection to your wearing anything your father is willing to see on you." Lulu's hopes were almost gone, but she would make one more effort.
She went to her father, and putting her arms round his neck, begged in her most coaxing tones for the gratification of her wish.
"What did your Grandma Elsie say ?" he asked.
Lulu faithfully, though with no little reluctance, repeated every word Elsie had said to her on the subject.
"I entirely agree with her," said the captain; "so entirely that even had she found no objection to urge against it, I should have forbidden you to wear the dress." Lulu heard him with a clouded brow; in fact, the expression of her face was decidedly sullen.