And he came after lunch, and the steward
carried her on deck and wrapped her in Miss Grey's warm rug, and Grey
himself sat down beside her and talked to her of America, and she told
him that she was not going to be a burden to her aunt, or even a guest
very long, but to work and earn money with which to pay her debts. And
Grey let her do most of the talking, and even promised, if he did not
succeed in Allington, to see if he could find something for her to do in
in Boston.
"I am very sure that I could find you a situation there if I tried," he
said, with a merry look in his eyes which was lost on Bessie, whose
thick vail was over her face, and who was gazing off upon the waves
bearing her so fast toward the strange land to which she was going.
The next day she was able to walk the deck for some hours with Grey as
her attendant; and when, at last, land was in sight, she seemed almost
as well and bright as ever as she stood looking eagerly upon either
shore, and declaring America beautiful as a picture.
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