“I’ve taken my last drink,” declared Cassidy.
“Do you mean it?”
“I do.”
“And Bob Steele, on his way back from the River Izaral, put you back in the ship as mate?”
“Yes.”
“Well, whatever Bob Steele does is good enough for me. If you were put there as mate, then you stay there.”
“Thank you, sir,” said Cassidy, shaking his captain’s hand.
At that moment a rap fell on the door. Cassidy opened it, and Gaines, Speake, Clackett, and Bob Steele walked into the room.
“Well, well, Bob!” cried Captain Nemo, junior, his face brightening wonderfully at sight of the young motorist, “this is a pleasure, I must say! You’ve brought the entire crew of the Grampus with you, eh?”