"Now if you make such a noise again, children, down you shall all go into the mouths of those sharks," said Schillie.
"Then promise not to give up," said they in return.
"I promise nothing," said she.
"Then the king of the pirates will come and take you away, cousin," said Felix.
Schillie uttered something between a sigh and a groan, and then said, "You are an impudent boy, Master Felix, and I always tell your Mother you'll come to no good. But whether she will live to see you hanged or not I cannot say, for our fate is horrible every way. Just too as we were getting so comfortable, and having everything so nice and snug about us. I do not think there is a plant on the island of which I have not discovered the name and property, and everything grows so beautifully, and such bathing, besides, such delicious fish, and I am so fond of fish, really it is too bad. I am just beginning to think the island a very nice sort of little place, and here we are sent to the right about in this horrid fashion."
Gatty.—"Cannot we somehow contrive to kill all the pirates, and get rid of them altogether."
Sybil.—"Yes, we could shoot them from here, taking good aim."
Gatty.—"Ha! ha! just listen to Sybil. Could any one ever have thought she would have been so bloody-minded."
Serena.—"I wish Zoë and Jenny were safely with us, then we should be quite happy, having only the captain and Smart to wait for."
Sybil.—"I dare say that is the reason Smart left us in such a hurry."