The girl in her fright jumped off his back in swift water and was swept into the rapids and tumbled about and put in some danger before Jack could dismount and bring her ashore.
"You have increased my debt to you," she said, when at last they were mounted again.

"What a story this is! It is terribly exciting." "Getting into deeper water," said Jack.

"I'm not going to let you spoil it by drowning." "I wonder what is coming next," said she.
"I don't know.

So far it's as good as _Robinson Crusoe_." "With a book you can skip and see what happens," she laughed.

"But we shall have to read everything in this story.