"How cruel you are, Schillie."
"But I am quite in the dark as to what you expect will happen; you are crying your eyes out for some misfortune, but, unless you tell me what you fear, how can I comfort you?"
"I fear so many things; here we are all alone, without a single efficient person amongst us." "Pray speak for yourself."
"Well! then, only you with a spark of courage amongst us; and we don't know what may be here."
"Now, that's nonsense, you know that there is scarcely a fly on the island that will do you harm."
"Well, then, those sharks!"
"And, who is going to walk into the mouth of a shark, I should be glad to know?"
"Nobody, certainly, but supposing a ship should come?"
"Then, we should have company, and a mighty good thing too. I think the society of women and children very mawkish for a continuance."
"But, then, supposing they should not be friends."