People  who  had  been  on  sufficiently  friendly
terms  now  grew  a  little  more  reserved  ;  these
land  costumes  reminded  them  that  on  shore
they  might  have  less  claim  to  a  free-and-easy
companionship.  And  Mr.  Winterbourne
grew  anxious.  Did  Yolande  know  ?  The
maid  she  had  brought  with  her,  and  whose
services  she  had  agreed  to  share  with  Mrs.
Graham,  had  been  useless  enough,  from  the
moment  she  put  foot  on  board  the  ship  ;  but
surely  she  must  have  learned  what  was  going
forward  ?  Perhaps  Yolande  would  appear  in
her  ordinary  pale  pink  morning  dress  ?     She


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was  far  too  content  with  simplicity  in  cos-
tume. Again  and  again  he  had  had  to
rebuke  her.
"  Why  don't  you  have  more  dresses  ?  "  he
had  said  to  her  on  board  this  very  ship.
''  Look  at  Mrs.  Graham.  Why  don't  you
have  as  many  dresses  as  Mrs.  Graham  ?  A
married  lady  ?  What  difference  does  that
make  ?  I  like  to  see  you  prettily  dressed.
