"Isn't to-day Tuesday, Orissa?"
"Yes," was the quiet reply. "We've inhabited this wilderness just a week."
[CHAPTER XII]
THE QUEST OF THE SALVADOR
On the roomy forward deck of the Salvador an earnest conference was held.
"How fast are we going?" asked Steve.
"The captain says about fifteen miles an hour. That's our best clip, it seems," replied Madeline.
"And very good speed," added Captain Krell, proudly.
"So it is, for an English yacht," agreed Mr. Cumberford.