Then they said, 'There's room for you, miss,' and Rupert told me to
come, and I took Baby on my lap; but I felt so ill I thought I should
certainly fall out when they lifted us up.
"The way the people cheered made me very giddy; I think I shall always
feel sick when I hear hurrahing now.
"Rupert is very good if you're ill. He looked at me and said, 'You're
the bravest girl I ever knew, but don't faint if you can help it, or
Baby will fall out.'
"I didn't; and I wouldn't have fainted when we got to the_ Crown _if I
could have stopped myself by anything I could do."_
CHAPTER XVI.
MR. ROWE ON THE SUBJECT--OUR COUSIN--WESTON GETS INTO PRINT--THE
HARBOUR'S MOUTH--WHAT LIES BEYOND.
Mr. Rowe's anxiety to see Rupert and Henrietta, and to "take the
liberty of expressing himself" about their having saved Baby Cecil's
life was very great, but the interview did not take place for some
time. The barge _Betsy_ took two voyages to Nine Elms and home again
before Henrietta was down-stairs and allowed to talk about the fire.
Rupert refused to see the barge-master when he called to ask after
Henrietta; he was vexed because people made a fuss about the affair,
and when Rupert was vexed he was not gracious.
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