away from the window.

"No, no, I'm up," I shouted, and I sprang out of bed and put on a
shirt and a pair of trousers with great speed. "Where do I take
these off again?" I asked. "I seem to be giving myself a lot of
trouble."

"There is a tent."

"Won't the ladies want it? Because, if so, I can easily have my
bathe later on."

"The ladies think it's rather too rough to-day."

"Perhaps they're right," I said hopefully. "A woman's instinct--No,
I'm NOT a coward."

It wasn't so bad outside--sun and wind and a blue-and-white sky and
plenty of movement on the sea.

"Just the day for a swim," said Archie cheerily, as he led the way
down to the beach.

"I've nothing against the day; it's the hour I object to. The Lancet
says you mustn't bathe within an hour of a heavy meal. Well, I'm
going to have a very heavy meal within about twenty minutes. That
isn't right, you know."

By the time I was ready the wind had got much colder. I looked out
of the tent and shivered.