You deserve great credit.

Bravery in the face of danger is bravery indeed.

Your father and mother can be proud of you." There came to Bob's mind a memory of certain times when these words of the captain would not have been true.

He resolved, if his life was spared, to be a more manly boy in the future--to live up to the captain's new estimate of him.
Wearily the men labored at the oars.

It was hard work to keep the boats' heads to the waves, which, to those in the small craft, looked like great green mountains of water.