"You speak as if you doubted it."
"Possibly I do."
"I am surprised at you, professor—I am more than surprised."
"I can't help it if you are, my boy."
"I am afraid your mind is beginning to weaken."
"Soay, Frankie," broke in Barney. "Oi loike fun as well as th' nixt wan, but, be jabbers! it's nivver a bit av it can Oi see in this!"
"See that infernal canoe?" cried the professor, pointing at the mystic craft. "It has stopped out there in the shadows."
"And seems to be waiting for us to pursue again."
"That's what it's doing."
"I'm ready!" exclaimed Frank.