Despite unemployment and the lost of her home, Andrea Clark considers herself a blessed and happy woman. Why the cheerful attitude? Her troubles have brought her closer to her family.
And the crowd that throngs the wharf as the steamer draws alongside is gay and debonair; it is a noisy, cheerful, gesticulating crowd. It is a sea of brown faces.
Well, there are many things that could make you feel down in the dumps-a phrase that means 'unhappy'-but what are the things that keep you feeling happy, cheerful and chirpy, Rob?