"
Knowing nothing of the difference of opinion on board the yacht, Dick
could not fathom this sudden graciousness on her part. Before he could
answer, von Kerber's highly-pitched voice broke in.
"Why did Captain Stump come ashore with you?" he asked.
"To send Mrs. Stump a cablegram, I believe," replied Mrs. Haxton
carelessly.
"He ought to have asked my permission first."
The petulant words drew a protest from Mr. Fenshawe.
"My dear Baron," he said, "why should not the poor man make known his
safe arrival to his wife? You are not yourself to-day. What is it--
liver? or anxiety?"
"I have no special reason for anxiety," cried von Kerber, almost
hysterically. Royson came to his relief by asking for orders about the
boat, but the Austrian was so unnerved, for no visible reason, that he
hesitated, and Irene answered for him.
"We have arranged to dine on shore, at the Hotel Grande del Universo,"
she said. "Mr. Fenshawe wishes Captain Stump and you to join us, so the
boat may go back to the yacht and come for us at eight o'clock.
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