"
Haverley laughed. "I should not have given you credit for being
superstitious, Major."
"I don't think that I have many superstitions, but I own to
something like it in this case."
Bertha looked earnestly at him. Just before the gig returned from
the shore, she and Frank were standing together.
"I am sorry that I shall not have your good wishes tomorrow," he
said.
"I have not said that anyone will have my good wishes," she
replied. "I shall be on board the Phantom because I was invited
there before you asked me, but my hope is that the best yacht will
win. I want to speak to you for a minute or two. When can I see
you?"
"I can come up tomorrow morning early," he replied. "What time will
best suit you?"
"Ten o'clock; please ask for mamma."
The next morning, Lady Greendale and Bertha came together into the
sitting room into which Frank had been shown on calling at Lord
Haverley's.
"You are early, Frank."
"Yes, Lady Greendale. I am going for a run round the island. It
makes me fidgety to sit all day with nothing to do, and I am always
contented when I am under sail. As I shan't have time to come in
tomorrow morning, for you know we start at nine, I thought that I
would drop in this morning, even if the hour was an early one.
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