"Mr. Fearnot, you will excuse me if I retire." "All right," said he, "but tell me, do you feel the least bit seasick?" "No, indeed. I did expect to be, but that acid phosphate seemed to have been the very thing for me, and I thank you heartily for suggesting it to me." "Perhaps you had better take another dose before retiring. You may need some, too, through the night; so you may take the bottle to the cabin with you," and he got it and placed it in her hand. The next morning the passengers came straggling into the breakfast-room, some looking very pale and wearied; but the elder Miss Elon came tripping down the stairs like a sparrow. While she and Fred were at the table her sister and Evelyn came in together. Fred sprang up to accompany them to seats. "How are you feeling, dear?" Fred inquired. "Fred, I confess I haven't gotten over old Neptune's slap yet. Did he worry you any?" "Not the least," and then he told her about Miss Elon's sister. The younger Miss Elon was sitting alongside of Evelyn and remarked: "Oh, Josephine never gets seasick." "So I found out last night," replied Fred, "for we promenaded the deck until ten o'clock. She drank pretty freely of acid phosphate, and that removed the feeling entirely." "Oh, my, Fred! Why didn't you offer me some of it?" "I did for two days before we came aboard, but you refused to take it." "Yes, but I didn't need it then." "Well, that is the time when you should have taken it. I see you are looking a little pale yet, and it isn't too late to brace up with a dose of it now, but Miss Josephine has the bottle in her cabin." "Yes," said her sister; "she gave me a dose of it, too, and, Mr. Fearnot, I wish you could have heard the many kind things she said about you. It's a wonder your ears didn't tingle." "Well, well, well! Now I know why my ears did tingle so last night. I am glad I know what caused it." Evelyn laughed with Miss Elon and remarked: "He is good at that sort of thing." The breakfast set the girls all right, and they went up on deck and promenaded until many other ladies appeared, some of them still showing the effects of seasickness, but by noon they were all out, for the sea was by no means very rough, and the further south the ship plowed the more quiet the waters became. Terry didn't eat any breakfast that morning at all, unless sucking two or three whole lemons might be called by that name. He came out on deck about ten o'clock, still entertaining very bad opinions of old Father Neptune. He could have abused the old fellow better without indulging in profanity than any man living, but along in the middle of the afternoon he recovered entirely. He took charge of Grace Elon, the younger of the two Elon sisters, and kept her laughing heartily as they walked to and fro upon the deck.