16/36 Of course I am." "How can you be taking me northwards, then ?" "A very sensible question. I will get rid of a few of these clouds--only they do come up so fast! It's like trying to blow a brook dry. There! What do you see now ?" "I think I see a little boat, away there, down below." "A little boat, indeed! Well! She's a yacht of two hundred tons; and the captain of it is a friend of mine; for he is a man of good sense, and can sail his craft well. I've helped him many a time when he little thought it. |