"Amen," Jack added.
Great was the joy of Baptist and Jacques, when they returned from a trip to their traps shortly before dark, to learn the good news.
"And it's all due to your nursing, Pierre," Bob declared.
"Non—non. Le Bon Dieu, heem watch over heem," the Frenchman insisted.
"Yes, he'll pull through all right now," the doctor said when he came the following day. "Didn't I tell you he was a good nurse?"
"He's the best ever," Bob assured him.
Another week and the captain was able to sit up though still very weak.
"I owe my life twice to you boys," he said slowly as Bob pushed his chair nearer to the fire.
"But most of all to Pierre," Bob reminded him.
"I know, and he shall have his reward if he will accept it. I am not a poor man by any means, but what do you think? Can I offer him money?"