h happiness, "and I do intend that it shall be my
very last failure to be as promptly and cheerfully obedient as possible,
for I know you never deny me anything, unless you see that it is for my
good, and I have never known you to make a mistake about that. Do you want
Grace and me to go to bed as soon as you and the others are gone?"

"I think it would be well for you to do so, but if you both prefer it you
may stay on deck for another half hour."

"Then I will get ready for bed at once, papa, for I want to do exactly as
you think best, and I know Gracie does also."

"Yes, I know she does; and, by the way, I must carry her down before I go;
she is so weary, poor child," he said, hurrying up to the deck.

Lucilla waited only to see the others off, then joined her sister in their
state-room.

"You poor dear, you are so tired!" she exclaimed, noticing Grace's weary
expression and heavy eyes. "You must let me help you with your
preparations for bed."

"Thank you, Lu," returned Grace; "you are such a dear sister--always so
kind and helpful to me; but I am sorry that for my sake you should lose
the pleasure of going to the Court of Honor with the others to-night."

"O Gracie, you know we always find out in the end that papa's way is the
best for us both, and he refused my request for my own sake as well as
yours."

"Yes; he is the very kindest and best of fathers," said Grace; "he never
refuses any one of his children anything he can give them when he thinks
it good for them."

"But now I must stop talking and go to sleep as quickly as possible, as he
bade me when he brought me down here."

Both she and Lucilla were asleep in a few minutes and awoke the next
morning feeling greatly refreshed and rested.

"Shall we visit the Turkish village to-day?" asked Violet at the breakfast
table.

"I say aye to that," said Walter. "I want to see it and make some
purchases there. I've heard that there is a street there with booths along
on the side and a bazaar where one can buy various kinds of Turkish goods.
I want to get some if only for curiosities."

"And for a quarter you can go up in the restaurant and see the girls
dance," said his sister Rosie; "or into the theatre to look at a
representation of Mohammedan home life and adventure. So Mr. Will Croly
told me."

"Well, I don't know about going to the theatre," returned Walter, "but I'd
like to see their mosque with its minaret, at noon or sunset, when a real
muezz