midday
Bee gives a deep sigh of satisfaction as the zephyr kisses her rosy cheeks . `` It 's going to be just a little cooler , Empey , '' she says , as they draw near Nelson Lodge . `` Yes ; it must be jolly on the sea to-day , '' he remarks , following a little cutter with longing eyes . When the midday meal is ended , Aunt Hetty repairs to the sofa to read Jeremy Taylor ; and Dolly , having discovered an illustrated copy of the `` Pilgrim 's Progress , '' is silently gloating over a picture of Apollyon , dragon-winged , with smoke coming out of his nostrils . For fifteen or twenty minutes Claude and Bee whisper by the open window , and then a gentle sound from the sofa tells them that good Jeremy has lulled Aunt Hetty to repose . Claude gives Bee an expressive glance which plainly says , `` Come along . '' Dolly 's back is turned towards them ; moreover , she has just lighted upon a whole family of fiends , and can not take her eyes off the book .