But that would have been a pickle." "Then there's no need to bother about reading up," Joan said.

"And I'm just dying to hear what it was all about.

The _Apostle_ is lying becalmed inside the point, and her boats are out to wing.

She'll be at anchor in five minutes, and Doctor Welshmere is sure to be on board.

So all we've got to do is to make Tudor comfortable.