“When?–in the pool? If we felt about–”

“No; aboard ship, or in the surf–”

“Here is my knife.”

“Yes; almost big enough to whittle a match! Mine would have done us some good.”

“It is the best steel.”

“All right; let’s see you cut up the fish.”

“But you know, Blake, I shouldn’t know how to go about it. I never did such a thing.”

“And you, Miss Jenny? Girls are supposed to know about cooking.”

“I never cooked anything in all my life, Mr. Blake, and it’s alive,–and–and I am very thirsty, Mr. Blake!”

“Lord!” commented Blake. “Give me that knife.”