"Uncle George! I've got back."
Mr. George did not seem at all surprised, but looking up a moment from his writing, he smiled, and said,—
"Ah! I'm glad to see you safe back again. It is rather lonesome here without you. Did you have a pleasant voyage?"
"Yes," said Rollo, "very pleasant. Only I did not go very far. I got them to put me ashore about a mile below here."
"That was right," said Mr. George. "You did exactly as I should have done myself. In fact you can see all you wish to see on such a raft in half an hour."
"Yes," said Rollo, "I found that I could."
"And I am very glad that you came to tell me," said Mr. George, "as soon as you came home."
So Rollo, quite relieved in mind, went down stairs again, and returning to the quay, he resumed his fishing.