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The wind and sea both went down that night, and by noon of the next day the Mediterranean was as calm as a river. Everybody came on deck, and the people who had been most seasick the day before, were now among the liveliest of the passengers. Reggie's mother talked and laughed with the other ladies, and looked so bright and so pretty, that the little boy felt very proud of her.
"I think my mother's the prettiest lady on the ship," he remarked to Ellen, who had also quite recovered from her indisposition. "None of the others have such nice eyes or such pretty teeth. " To which Ellen -- who adored her mistress -- answered readily --