Then they returned to the _Arabella_, grave and silent, and Patsy was put to bed.

Before morning Beth and Maud were anxiously nursing her, for she had developed a high fever and was delirious.
The days that succeed were anxious ones, for Patsy's nerves had given away completely.

It was many weeks later that the rest of them met on deck.
"It's the first of February," said Uncle John.

"Don't you suppose Patsy could start for home pretty soon ?" "Perhaps so," answered Maud.

"She is sitting up to-day, and seems brighter and more like herself.