The thing is done.
You remember I told you I would have to punish you ?" "Yes, sir." "I have talked it over with your mother and Captain Spark, and we have made up our minds what to do.

You are going to be sent on a long sea voyage with Captain Spark, in the _Eagle_.

You will be away from home a long time, and, when you return, I trust you will have mended your ways." For a few seconds Bob did not speak.

The proposition was so sudden to him that he did not exactly comprehend it.
"I'm to go to sea with Captain Spark ?" he asked slowly.
"That is the punishment we have decided on, my son." "Where are you going, captain ?" asked Bob.
"I'm bound for 'round Cape Horn this trip.

Oh, you'll get all the ocean you want, but it will make a man of you." "When are you going to sail ?" asked Bob in a quiet voice.
"Next week." "Good!" exclaimed the youth suddenly.