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She did not know ; and what sort of a picture she painted in her mind of the mysterious sea I am sure I can not tell . `` Now , '' said Miriam Lake , the prettiest of the children , `` it is time to strike the bells . '' So she struck a tea-bell with a stick eight times . `` That is eight bells , '' explained she to Dotty , `` and it means four o'clock . But , Jennie Holiday , where is the kitten ? Why , we are not half ready . '' The children never thought they could play `` ship '' without a kitten , a gray and white one which they put into a cage just as Jennie Holiday did , when she and Rollo travelled by themselves from New York to Liverpool .