I'm coxswain; you must wait till I tell you, before one of you goes aboard.

John, come out." John, who had stepped into the boat, came back again on hearing this peremptory order, and the boys waited on the bank.

Marco then told them to put the oars in.

The boys began to pitch them in, in confusion, some falling upon the thwarts, and some into the bottom of the boat.
"No,--stop," said Marco; "that isn't the way.

Put 'em in in order." "Yes, put 'em in order," said John.