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 find out what going to Europe really means. But what made you behave so, Amy, and cry and scold poor mamma when she was sick? I could hear you all the way across the entry."

"Could you? Then why did n't you come to me?"

"I wanted to; but I was sick too, so sick that I could n't move. But why were you so naughty?—you did n't tell me."

"I did n't mean to be naughty, but I could n't help crying. You would have cried too, and so would Johnnie, if you had been cooped up in a dreadful old berth at the top of the wall that you could n't get out of, and had n't had anything to eat, and nobody to bring you any water when you wanted some. And mamma would n't answer when I called to her."

"She could n't answer; she was too ill," explained Katy. "Well, my pet, it was pretty hard for you. I hope we shan't have any more such days. The sea is a great deal smoother now."