Lina came forward to say that the cook knew that the young lady had gone fishing.

It was a pity that all these young people were so cruel to animals, the house-maid added; and therewith she shot an angry glance at Fred, whom she hadn't forgiven for the trouble he had given her.
"For Heaven's sake!" cried Clarissa, in great alarm.

"If those children have gone out on the river, something terrible must have happened to them! If we could only have the least idea which way they went!" The cook, being appealed to, said that she had directed the young lady to the fisherman's hut.

It might be well to look for her there.
Clarissa started at once, calling the men to go with her and show her the way.
Poor Elsli was more frightened now than any one else.

She thought that Aunt Clarissa would now learn the story which she ought long ago to have told her.