She looked thin and weak, but very happy.
Grandma Elsie and Mamma Vi greeted her with loving inquiries and tender kisses.
"Do you feel strong enough for the drive, dear ?" asked the former.
"Yes, ma'am; with papa to hold me in his strong arms." "Papa's dear baby girl!" murmured the captain low and tenderly, imprinting a gentle kiss on the pale forehead.
Mr.Dinsmore came over, handed the ladies and Lulu into the carriage, then held Gracie till her father was seated in it and ready to take her again.
It was a bright, fair morning with a delicious breeze from the sea, and all enjoyed the drive greatly, unless perhaps Lulu, who had not yet recovered her good humor.

She sat by her father's side, scarcely speaking, but no one seemed to notice it.
Gracie was asleep when they returned, and her father carried her up to her room and laid her down so gently that she did not wake.
The others had paused in the veranda below.

Zoe and Rosie came running over to say the bathing hour was near at hand, and to ask if they were going in.
"I am not," Elsie said.
"Nor I," said Violet, "I'm a little tired and should prefer to sit here and chat with mamma." "I'd like to go in," said Max.

"When papa comes down I'll ask if I may." "Mamma," said Rosie, "I don't care to go in to-day, but may I go down on the beach and watch the bathers ?" "Yes, daughter.

Take a servant with you to carry some camp-chairs and to watch over Walter, if he wants to go with you." "You'll come too, won't you ?" Rosie said to Lulu; "it's good fun to watch the people in the water." "I'll have to ask leave first," replied Lulu in a sullen tone.