Tregarthen whistled.
"Bit risky, isn't it?"
"I don't think so. This packet is as stiff as a house; the gear's sound, and all the stores are aboard."
"You've a compass, of course?"
"A little beauty."
"Then I'm game. By the bye, have you seen to-day's paper?"
"No; I went ashore, but quite forgot to get one. Why—anything startling?"
"Only this," replied Gerald, producing the newspapers he had purchased on the journey, and pointing to the Zietan paragraph. "What do you think of it?"
"Not much," replied Jack, in a matter-of-fact tone. "At any rate, I don't suppose it will affect us."
"When do you propose to make a start?" Stockton did not immediately reply, but, gaining the cockpit, he unlaced a portion of the awning.