“Yes, and, Ord’ly.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Tell the surgeon I wish the boy to be put in my bed. Tell the surgeon to report to me as soon as he has examined the boy.”
CHAPTER XXIV—CONCLUSION
“You say the boy is out of his head?”
“Yes, sir; he is in a high fever,” answered the surgeon.
“Nothing more than exposure is it?” questioned the captain.
“He had a broken wrist when he went out this morning. I understand he broke it again in getting into the whale boat this morning. I advised that he go on binnacle list for the day, but Davis refused. He said he had duties to perform, that he must go.”
“You should have declined to permit it.”
“I could not well do so, sir. I admired the boy’s spirit too much to order him on the list.”