It hid the dreadful nose and the scars and to an extent evened the size of the eyes, for the holes through which he peered were made alike.

Gys was himself pleased with the device, for after that he wore the mask almost constantly, only laying it aside during the evenings when he sat on deck.
It was three days after the arrival of Mrs.Denton and her mother--whose advent had accomplished much toward promoting the young Belgian's convalescence--when little Maurie suddenly reappeared on the deck of the _Arabella_.
"Oh," said Patsy, finding him there when she came up from breakfast, "where is Clarette ?" He shook his head sadly.
"We do not live together, just now," said he.

"Clarette is by nature temperamental, you know; she is highly sensitive, and I, alas! do not always please her." "Did she find you in Dunkirk ?" asked the girl.
"Almost, mamselle, but not quite.

It was this way: I knew if I permitted her to follow me she would finally succeed in her quest, for she and the dear children have six eyes among them, while I have but two; so I reposed within an ash-barrel until they had passed on, and then I followed them, keeping well out of their sight.

In that way I managed to escape.