My people have always been against my going down to the sea, deeming
it a pure waste of time, except that they let me go down to swim. I can
do that well, you know; but they have always forbidden my going out in
boats. Now, you see, it is proved that it is not a waste of time, for you
have been able to save many lives. The thought must make you very happy."
"Well, I don't know that it does, particularly," Walter said carelessly.
"Of course, I was glad at the time, but I have not thought much about it
one way or the other, since. You see, the news that has come has driven
everything else out of our heads."
"Is it true, then, the report that we heard yesterday, that William of
Orange has set out for England?"
"Yes, it is true enough; and I am afraid, by what I hear, that it is
likely to cause all sorts of troubles."
"I suppose," John said gravely; "and of course, in this matter my people
think differently from yours. You know we agreed that we would never talk
on these subjects, but I am afraid the time is coming when there will be
nothing else to be talked of."
"I am afraid so, too, John. My father thinks that there will be civil war
again."
"Of course my grandfather is delighted," John said quietly.
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