“Overcome?”
“Yes.”
“How did that happen?”
“Why, you simply stayed out there in the water too long. The pressure was too great for a beginner like you.”
Captain Uriah nodded his head slowly.
“Maybe you are right,” he said. “But why didn’t it affect the others so?”
“It did,” replied Frank. “They have come aboard also.”
“Ugh!” exclaimed the captain, struggling to his feet. “I’ll be all right in a little while, but the pearls——”
“Are all safe,” said Frank. “Pomp went out and got them.”
This was true. While they were resuscitating the captain, Pomp had gone out and brought in the sack of pearls.