"She was out after you like a shot.
She's a plucky one!" Barry was on his feet in an instant, watching anxiously the progress of the canoes, which were being slowly edged across the river in a long incline toward the shore.
"They'll make it, all right," said Knight, after observing them for a time.

"Don't you worry.

Just lie down by the fire.

We'll be back in a jiffy." In an hour they were all safely back in camp, and sufficiently recovered to discover the humorous points in the episode.

But they were all familiar enough with the treacherous possibilities of rough and rapid water to know that for Hobbs and his deliverer at least, there had been some serious moments during their fierce struggle in the river.
"Another minute would have done," said Fielding to his friend, as they sat over the fire after supper.
"A half a minute would have been just as good," said Knight.