THREE WILD BEASTS When the captain joined the two ladies and the boy, who were impatiently waiting for him on the plateau, he had made up his mind to tell them the bad news.

Terrible as was the necessity, it could not be helped.

It was very hard for him to meet those three radiant faces, and to hear them talk about the water that had been discovered.
"Now," said Mrs.Cliff, "I see no reason why we should not live here in peace and comfort until Mr.Rynders chooses to come back for us.

And I have been thinking, captain, that if somebody--and I am sure Ralph would be very good at it--could catch some fish, it would help out very much.
We are getting a little short of meat, but as for the other things, we have enough to last for days and days.

But we won't talk of that now.