We managed to overcome this difficulty by
having Jane take the measurements under instructions received from the
tailor, which measurements, together with the cloth, I took to the
fractional little man who did my work.
He looked at the measurements with twinkling eyes, and remarked: "Sir
Edwin, that be the curiousest shaped man ever I see the measures of.
Sure it would make a mighty handsome woman, or I know nothing of human
dimensions."
"Never you mind about dimensions; make the garments as they are
ordered and keep your mouth shut, if you know what is to your
interest. Do you hear?"
He delivered himself of a labored wink. "I do hear and understand,
too, and my tongue is like the tongue of an obelisk."
In due time I brought the suits to Mary, and they were soon adjusted
to her liking.
The days passed rapidly, till it was a matter of less than a fortnight
until the Royal Hind would sail, and it really looked as if the
adventure might turn out to our desire.
Jane was in tribulation, and thought she ought to be taken along.
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