And started out for gain or loss,
To lift the blooming Southern Cross;
Pull out for Rio Grande."
"We're off at last," said Tera, with a happy laugh.
"At last!" echoed Jack; "and glad I am to see the tail of the old country. We have just got to drop Pharaoh Lee ashore somewhere down the Channel, then let her smell the open sea."
"Jack, if you put Pharaoh ashore, he may go back to Grimleigh and kill Mr. Mayne. Then what will Rachel say?"
"He couldn't show his face in Grimleigh without being arrested," replied Jack, encouragingly, "and Mayne is on his guard. Oh, you bet, Tera, that gipsy's had enough of sticking people. Don't let us talk about him."
"We must talk of Koiau," said Mrs. Finland. "Oh, Jack, how glad I am to go back! We shall be so happy in my land."
"There is bound to be trouble at first, Tera. We must tell your father about Niga's plot, and straighten him out. But perhaps Viara has already done that, and things may, of course, be all square when we arrive."
"Buli is very powerful, Jack. He will conquer Niga, and you will help. He will proclaim me as the next ruler, and when we rule, Jack, we will make a great nation of Koiau."