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He went on,--
"
This is a ship. You ask why the house moves; it is because we are on
board a vessel. Be calm; you must not talk so much. Daughter, if you
have any love for me, do not agitate yourself, it will make you
feverish. I am so old, I could not bear it if you were to have an
illness. Spare me! do not be ill!"
Again the voice spoke,--
"
What is the use of searching the earth, when we can only find in
heaven?"
Ursus replied, with a half attempt at authority,--
"Be calm. There are times when you have no sense at all. I order you to
rest. After all, you cannot be expected to know what it is to rupture a
blood-vessel. I should be easy if you were easy. My child, do something
for me as well. If he picked you up, I took you in. You will make me
ill. That is wrong. You must calm yourself, and go to sleep. All will
come right. I give you my word of honour, all will come right. Besides,
it is very fine weather. The night might have been made on purpose.
To-morrow we shall be at Rotterdam, which is a city in Holland, at the
mouth of the Meuse."
"Father," said the voice, "look here; when two beings have always been
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