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more than might please the timid or squeamish ; 

 but the spirited girls enjoyed it all, the occasional 

 dash of spray over the boat seeming only to add 

 to their mirth. 



On coming to the anchorage we thought it best 

 to move without delay, as the afternoon was 

 becoming chilly, so we again crossed hill and 

 valley; but by taking it leisurely, and avoiding 

 short cuts and steep climbing, at last safely housed 

 our charges, not greatly fatigued, still glad enough 

 to be well rested. Mrs. Peyton and the Major had 

 seen our speck of a sail far away on the loch, but 

 so far that they did not wait. 



At dinner Annie said u she felt as if she had 

 earned rest and comfort, which made matters pleasant 

 and satisfactory ; " and Miss Clive drolly recounted 

 her voyages and travels (as she called the day's 

 doings) to Mrs. Peyton; and to see these delicate- 

 looking beauties in the evening, in gauzy dress 

 and tiny-buckled slippers, one could hardly realise 

 they were the hardy pedestrians of the morning. 



"Now, mother dear," Miss Peyton said, "what 



might Madame De Y- , or the prim Misses H , 



have to remark about our rough rambles to-day, if 

 we told them ? " 



