"We have lost the ship, and I fear our lives, as well.
"What do you say, Otter ?" For the lad's nickname had come on board ship with him, and he was generally known by it.
"It seems to me," said Ned, "that our friend the armorer has done us this bad turn.

I am sure that the rope was well tied, for I was the first who slipped down it, and I looked at the knot well, before I went over the side and trusted my weight to it.

He must have seen us, and as soon as he thought we were fairly asleep must have loosened the knot and cast us adrift.

What on earth is to be done, now ?" "I should think," Gerald said, "that it will not be long before the ship comes back for us.

The boat is sure to be missed, in the morning, for the carpenter will be wanting it to go over the side.
We, too, will be missed, for the captain will be wanting his flagon of wine, soon after the day has dawned." "But think you," Tom Tressilis said, "that the captain will turn back on his voyage, for us ?" "Of that I think there is no doubt," Gerald said; "the only question is as to the finding us, but I should say that of that there is little fear; the wind is light, the ship was not making fast through the water, and will not be more than fifty miles, at most, away, when she turns on her heel and comes to look for us.