"He met these annoyances with a set face."
"Well, don't think of it," said the captain, shortly.
Mrs. Kingdom sighed as though to indicate that her feelings were not to
be suppressed in that simple fashion.
"The anxiety has been very great," she said, shaking her head, "but
everybody's been very kind. I'm sure all our friends have been most
sympathetic. I couldn't go outside the house without somebody stopping
me and asking whether there was any news of you. I'd no idea you were so
popular; even the milkman----"
"I'd like some tea," interrupted the captain, roughly; "that is, when you
have finished your very interesting information."
Mrs. Kingdom pursed her lips together to suppress the words she was
afraid to utter, and rang the bell.
"Your master would like some tea," she said, primly, as Bella appeared.
"He has had a long journey." The captain started and eyed her fiercely;
Mrs. Kingdom, her good temper quite restored by this little retort,
folded her hands in her lap and gazed at him with renewed sympathy.
"We all missed you very much," said Kate, softly. "But we had no fears
once we knew that you were at sea.
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