Page 260 - Adventures in shadow-land

“ I'll go to the ends of the ocean with you,

miss, if you want me to," said Moby Dick; “ but
what for ?’1

“ Oh/* said the bridesmaid, looking straight
in the eye which happened to be that side of the

whale’s head, “ I'm a friend of the family, you
know. I‘m very much attached to the girls and
very fond of the professor. I should like to help

them if I could, and I think the witch is a wise
woman, and it wouldn’t do at all for the professor

to go to her in his position, but it won’t make any
difference to me and you. Will you come now ?

It isn’t far.”
“ Of course I will,” said the whale. “ Just sit

on my head, and I'll take you there in no time.”
Just then the bride’s sister came out into the

garden.
“ Are you going, dear?” she said to the brides-

maid.
“ Yes, I think I shall. Mr. Dick will see me

home,” said the other mermaid.
“ It’s been rather forlorn/1 sighed the bride’s

sister, “ To think of his loving a wooden thing!’1
“ I suppose he had a right to if he chose,” said