“O, you would!”
“Certainly we should; for if we were caught running away, staying away longer than is necessary, or anything of that sort, our liberty would be stopped, and we should not be allowed to go on shore with the rest of the fellows.”
“You are a deep one, Mr. Coxswain,” added Clyde.
“O, no! I’m only a simple-minded young man, that always strives to do his duty as well as he knows how.”
“I dare say you think it is your duty to visit the—what-ye-call-it?—the waterfall.”
“You see it is just as near to go that way as the other.”
“Is it?”
“Well, if it isn’t, we shall not know the fact till after we have been there.”
“I think I understand you perfectly, Mr. Coxswain; but I don’t intend to return to the ship under any circumstances.”
“You can do as you please, but if we should happen to miss the ship, why, we shall be obliged to travel till we find her.”