But he had very little more time for thought, the boat soon being alongside; the falls were hooked on, and they were soon after swinging from the davits.
The first person Syd’s eyes rested upon was Terry, whose face expanded into a grin as he saw the middy’s drenched condition, and the boy turned away angrily, to see if he could catch his father’s eye. But he only saw Lieutenant Dallas making his report on the quarter-deck, and his father standing there with a glass in his hand, which he directed at the rock, then seemed to give some orders, and the lieutenant saluted and came away.
Chapter Twenty Three.
“Why, Belton, not changing your duds?” said the lieutenant, as he returned from his colloquy with his commanding officer.
“No, sir; just going to. Did my—did the captain know I was nearly seized by that shark?”
“Yes; I told him.”
“What did he say, sir?”
“That you were to be more careful.”