I will hand the complete manuscript over to him to-morrow
afternoon. He will then finish the chapters that he has not read and
turn the work over to his firm, with his approval, before he comes down
for his rest. If the work is accepted, Mr. Morton, one of the firm, will
write him to that effect."
"The plan is certainly satisfactory to me," said Alice, "and Miss Very
and I will be delighted to contribute our aid to the proposed
celebration."
Rosa then resumed her reading. But dinner time came before it was
completed. At that meal they were all introduced to Captain Henry
Marble.
"My only brother," Mrs. Gibson said, by way of introduction. "He's just
home from a cruise. His ship is at New Bedford. He is going to take the
children out late this afternoon for a sail in the harbor. He always
does when he comes here. Wouldn't you ladies and Mr. Sawyer like to go
with him?"
Captain Marble repeated the invitation, adding that he was an old
sailor, that he had a large sailboat, and that they were "only going to
Wauwinet, not out to sea, you know, but only up the inner harbor, which
is just like a pond, you know.
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