"
"Have you been in New York?"
"Yes, we were there nearly a week."
"Ah, that accounts for it."
"Accounts for what?"
"I have walked up and down every street, lane and alley in Bar Harbor,
hoping to catch a glimpse of you. I have haunted the town, and all the
time you were away."
"No wonder the Captain frowns at you! Have you been neglecting your
duty?"
"Well, I have been stretching my shore leave just a little bit. I
wanted to apologize for talking so much about myself as we walked from
the bank."
"It was very interesting, and, if you remember, we walked farther than
I had intended."
"Were your friends waiting for you, or had they gone?"
"They were waiting for me."
"I hope they weren't cross?"
"Oh, no. I told them I had been detained. It happened not to be
necessary to enter into details, so I was saved the task of
explanation, and, besides, we had other interesting things to discuss.
This function on the cruiser has loomed so large as a topic of
conversation that there has been little need of any other subject to
talk about for several days past."
"I suppose you must have attended many grander occasions than this.
Although we have endeavored to make a display, and although we possess
a reasonably efficient band, still, a cruiser is not exactly designed
for the use to which it is being put to-night. We have many
disadvantages to overcome which are not met with in the sumptuous
dwellings of New York and Bar Harbor.
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