"I do not wish her to think of him," he said to Percival, "and I do not wish to think of him myself. Never mention him, Dick."
"You may be sure I won't!" replied Dick with emphasis.
There were some of the boys who did not escape seasickness on the way back, for all they had been on the water so long, but the run home was, on the whole, most pleasant, and Jack, Dick, young Smith and some others enjoyed it thoroughly.
"We shall have enough to think of and to talk about for a long time," remarked Jack to Percival when they were at last on the train going back to the Highlands, "and it is all the better that the trip was not what it was originally planned to be. The very unexpectedness of our adventures gave them all the greater charm."
"I suppose so," said Dick, "but I generally like to know what is coming, and then if I don't like it, I can get out of the way."
"Well, we are all of us richer in experience."
"And you in pocket," laughed Dick. "Don't forget that, my boy."
"Oh, I have something that is worth a good deal more than the money that I happened to get," said Jack, smiling.
"What is that?" asked Percival.
"The friendship of a lot of good fellows, and of one or two who are a good deal more than mere good fellows, real friends, in fact."