`` Do n't try to walk or run about , my dear . Sit on the piazza if you get tired of this , and amuse yourself quietly till I come back . I 'll not forget the worsted and the canvas , '' said Mamma , peeping over the bank for a last word as she waited for the omnibus to come along . `` Oh , do n't forget the Gibraltars ! '' cried Jill , popping her head out of the green roof . `` Nor the bananas , please ! '' added Gerty , looking round one end . `` Nor the pink and blue ribbon to tie our shell-baskets , '' called Mamie , nearly tumbling into the aquarium at the other end . Mrs. Minot laughed , and promised , and rumbled away , leaving Jill to an experience which she never forgot . For half an hour the little girls worked busily , then the boys came for Gerty and Mamie to go to the Chasm with a party of friends who were to leave next day . Off they went , and Jill felt very lonely as the gay voices died away . Every one had gone somewhere , and only little Harry Hammond and his maid were on the beach . Two or three sand-pipers ran about among the pebbles , and Jill envied them their nimble legs so much , that she could not resist getting up to take a few steps . She longed to run straight away over the firm , smooth sand , and feel again the delight of swift motion ; but she dared not try it , and stood leaning on her tall parasol with her book in her hand , when Frank , Jack , and the bicycle boy came rowing lazily along and hailed her . `` Come for a sail , Jill ? Take you anywhere you like , '' called Jack , touched by the lonely figure on the beach . `` I 'd love to go , if you will row . Mamma made me promise not to go sailing without a man to take care of me . Would it spoil your fun to have me ? '' answered Jill , eagerly .
`` Not a bit ; come out on the big stones and we 'll take you aboard , '' said XXXXX , as they steered to the place where she could embark the easiest .
Frank Gerty Gibraltars Hammond Jill Mamie Minot aquarium rowing shell-baskets