“Ay, elephants! At last—at last——”
“Get that in about no food nor water,” prompted the other in a hoarse whisper.
“I forgot to say that there was no time to provision the boat. For six days——”
“Seven!”
“For seven days we were without food or drink, and at last, weak and exhausted, we lay down in the bottom of the boat and died.”
“Oh, so you’re dead?” asked Jimmy interestedly.
“Dead as anything,” replied Nick cheerfully. “You dead, Mr. Ordway?”
“Fearfully, thanks.”
“I thought so. When one is dead one’s memory is apt to be a bit uncertain, though. That’s why I asked. Gentleman here inquired. Very kind of him, I’m sure. Wasn’t it kind of him, ’Ighness?”