"All the fellows will go to Paris when the ship is there, and we can have a first-rate chance to operate while they are gone."
"I don't know about that. Our fellows will all want to go to Paris with the rest. I want to go there myself," suggested Wilton.
"We may as well give it up, then," added Perth.
"We must see Paris, anyhow."
"I'll tell you what we can do. We can run round through the Straits of Gibraltar, and up the Mediterranean to Marseilles. From there we can all go to Paris.".
"That will be a long cruise," said Wilton.
"No matter for that. The longer the better."
"How far is it?"
"Not less than two thousand miles. We could go in ten or fifteen days," added Perth, warming up as he anticipated the pleasure of the runaway cruise. "After we get into the Mediterranean, we can run along the coast of Spain, go into port as often as we like, and have a first-rate time generally."
"But don't you suppose Lowington will follow us?"