Let them come and take us off." "They durstn't come in on account of the rocks," said Bigley slowly.
"Then, let them send the boat.

Let's hail them." "Yes, they might send the boat," said Bigley thoughtfully, "and they would if we could make them understand." "Shout," cried Bob.
"What's the use when they're nearly two miles away." "'Tisn't so far, is it ?" I said in an awe-stricken whisper.
"Almost," he said.

"The wind's against them, and they're beating up very slowly, and keeping off so as to run straight in when they get past the point.

You see they don't want to go in at the Gap till it's high-water and the pebble bar is covered." "But they must hear us," cried Bob, "and send a boat to fetch us off.

I don't know that I could swim so far as the shore, and we should have to undress and lose all our clothes.