20/21 Nothing to use as a substitute for them. I'll have to swim, and push that old ark as far away as possible. When the yacht goes down, the suction is liable to swamp us, if we are close in." "But I can swim, Captain West." "I am glad to know that; but now you do just as I say. There is no necessity for both of us getting wet through. Are you ready ?" She poised herself, held steady by the grip of his hands, her eyes on the dark outline of the floating raft. |