So the two jokers refrained from any more of this sort of thing. All returned to the cabin.
Bell was exceedingly uneasy.
“I think we made a mistake in coming on this expedition,” he said. “We have sacrificed our lives and gained nothing!”
“You cannot say that,” said Von Bulow. “I have gained many valuable discoveries for science.”
“Which science will never get.”
“Yet, if I die now, I shall not feel that I have thrown my life away.”
“I don’t see how you regard it in that light. My wife told me I would meet disaster. I had ought to have stayed at home.”
“Shure ye had ought to,” said Barney, bluntly.
“You don’t mean to insult me?” flashed the captain.
“Bejabers, thot wud be impossible!”