“I did nothing of the kind.”
“You certainly put off in the long boat.”
“The waves carried us away from the ship.”
“Oh, that was it?” remarked Will, incredulously.
“Exactly. We tried to get back to the ship and couldn’t do it.”
“Well,” resumed Will, “when we found the boat gone, Jack and Tom and I—”
Captain Morris started.
“Oh, Jack escaped, too.”
“Yes, we floated away on a grating and were rescued by a raft.”
“And where is Jack now?”