"Hum!" Archie coughed.
Billy Topsail chuckled.
"You've no fancy for the passage?" he inquired.
"I have not. Have you?"
"I don't hanker for it, Archie. No, sir—not me!"
"Can it be done?"
"No, b'y."
"No; it can't be done," Archie declared. "You're right."
They stared at the tumultuous stream.