“Oh, what a shame!” cried Sydney.
“What’s the matter?”
“Terry’s going in the barge to land the stores.”
“And who’s going in the second cutter?” said Roylance.
“I don’t know; I didn’t hear. I did hope they’d order me to go in the barge.”
“Why, what a cocky chap you are, Belt! You’ve had no experience at all.”
“I know that, but I want to get it, and I can’t learn to take charge of a boat unless they send me. Who’s going in the second cutter?”
“I am.”
“You? Oh, how lucky you fellows are!”
“I don’t think there’ll be much luck in it, for the heat will be terrible, and I don’t suppose we shall have been there very long before we wish ourselves back on board.”