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` Well then , tell them so , and let 's hear no more about it . ' Mr. Witherington then entered into a consultation with his butler , and acceded to the arrangements proposed by him . The parties arrived in due time , and were properly accommodated . Master Edward was not troubled with the stomach-ache , neither did he wake Mr. Witherington at five o'clock in the morning ; and , after all , it was not very uncomfortable . But , although things were not quite so uncomfortable as Mr. Witherington had anticipated , still they were not comfortable ; and Mr. Witherington was so annoyed by continual skirmishes with his servants , complaints from Judy , in bad English , of the cook , who , it must be owned , had taken a prejudice against her and Coco , occasional illness of the child , _ et cætera _ , that he found his house no longer quiet and peaceable . Three months had now nearly passed , and no tidings of the boats had been received ; and Captain Maxwell , who came up to see Mr. Witherington , gave it as his decided opinion that they must have foundered in the gale . As , therefore , there appeared to be no chance of Mrs. Templemore coming to take care of her child , Mr. Witherington at last resolved to write to Bath , where his sister resided , and acquaint her with the whole story , requesting her to come and superintend his domestic concerns .