The mother's weak voice answered: "No, dear; I shall not be at the table to-night."
"Oh, mother, I want you with me to-night," she said, regretfully, going into her mother's room.
"You want me with you?" said the mother, with mild astonishment. "Why, my dear, I thought—you usually like being alone—or—전주오피 or with Mr.—er—with the Japanese."
"Not to-night, mother—not to-night," she said,[Pg 45] and put her head down on her mother's neck with a half-caress, a habit she had had when a little girl, and which sometimes returned to her when in a loving mood.
"I don't understand myself to-night, mother," she whispered.
The peevish, nervous tones of the invalid mother repulsed her.
"My dear, do not ruffle my hair so—There! go on to the dining-room like a good girl. And do, dear, be careful. I am so afraid of your becoming too fond of this—this Japanese. You are always talking about him now, and Tom says you are inseparable on deck."
"Oh, mother, I want you with me to-night," she said, regretfully, going into her mother's room.
"You want me with you?" said the mother, with mild astonishment. "Why, my dear, I thought—you usually like being alone—or—전주오피 or with Mr.—er—with the Japanese."
"Not to-night, mother—not to-night," she said,[Pg 45] and put her head down on her mother's neck with a half-caress, a habit she had had when a little girl, and which sometimes returned to her when in a loving mood.
"I don't understand myself to-night, mother," she whispered.
The peevish, nervous tones of the invalid mother repulsed her.
"My dear, do not ruffle my hair so—There! go on to the dining-room like a good girl. And do, dear, be careful. I am so afraid of your becoming too fond of this—this Japanese. You are always talking about him now, and Tom says you are inseparable on deck."