We are passing the frontier!" "The frontier!" replied Joam.
And rising, he went to the side of the jangada, and looked long and earnestly at the Ronde Island, with the waves breaking up against it.

Then his hand sought his forehead, as if to rid himself of some remembrance.
"The frontier!" murmured he, bowing his head by an involuntary movement.
But an instant after his head was raised, and his expression was that of a man resolved to do his duty to the last..