"That youngster wants kicking badly," said Ogston.
"He shall get it when he comes back," answered Jeffreys nonchalantly.
CHAPTER XVII
Spying Out the Pirates
We go Inshore—In Under the Forts—Helplessly Drifting—We Hide among Rocks—A Terrible Moment—Spying Out the Pirates—Taking Notes—Hopkins Again—How shall we Escape?—Cummins Decides
Mr. Midshipman Glover tells how he visited the island
The wound in my leg healed completely in seven days, and I was as right as rain, but that old brute, Dr. Fox, would not let me go off the sick-list.
You can imagine how wild this made me, for I was dreadfully afraid of losing my billet in "No. 3".
The coming of the Undaunted had put new life into everybody, and when Mellins and Dumpling got their orders that night, the wildest rumours went flying round.
I tried my best to make Mellins stow me away in the bows of his picket-boat, but, good chap as he was, he would not hear of it, even though I offered to bring a big home-made cake which had come in the mail.