CHAPTER V
IN THE DITCH—AND OUT
For some moments neither spoke. At length Van der Wyck broke the silence.
"They couldn't stop her all at once," he observed. "She might have gone five miles or more before the engineers got the order to stop. She'll be back again, never you fear."
A swirl of phosphorescent water close to the buoy turned Colin's thoughts in another direction.
"Are there sharks about?" he asked.
"Don't fancy so," replied the Afrikander. "If there are, we'll have to kick and splash. Look here, what did you get into this mess for?"
"I jumped ... on the spur of the moment."
"Sorry you did, eh?"
"No," replied Colin. "I knew you couldn't swim."