"Yes."
"Ah!"
"Not very; it is all well now. Don't you remember—"
The rocking of the boat furnished the missing link in the chain of memory, and the rescued boy showed, by a ray of intelligence in his bright face, that it had all come back to him.
A smile of grateful acknowledgment of their services shot over his countenance.
Then suddenly his expression changed.
"Where are we going?" he demanded, with the most extraordinary eagerness.
"Ashore."
"Oh, no, no, no!" he exclaimed; "not ashore here."
"Why not?"