7/22 "With Ralph and two men to defend us, we can stay here a long time. As for the captain's being lost, I do not think of it for a moment. He knows how to manage a boat too well for that." "I don't like it at all! I don't like it at all!" exclaimed Mrs.Cliff. Of course, you are a good sailor, captain, but if it should happen that you should never come back, or even if it should be a very long time before you come back, how are we going to know what we ought to do? As long as you are with us, I feel that, no matter what happens, the right thing will be done. |