A burst of cheers greeted this speech, and Sir John said that they would stay in spite of all the canoes which might come.
Chapter Twenty Eight.
Taken by surprise.
It was the next day, when the yacht was just beginning to glide over the water again to pass through the opening in the reef, that Jack was sitting by Ned’s berth.
“Here, I call it foolishness, Mr Jack, sir, I do really. What is the good of my lying here?”
“To get strong and well. Doctor Instow knows best.”
“Well, he thinks he knows best, sir; but he can’t know so well as I do how I feel.”
“You lie still and be patient.”