Reaching out, he took the hand of Fred, saying as he did so: "Let me kaap hold of your flipper, so that I can prevint your drifting away.

Now tell me, my laddy, how did you get here ?" "I come down the same way that you did." "Through the skylight up there?
It's a handy way of going down-stairs, the only trouble being that it's sometimes inconvanient to stop so suddint like.

Did n't you obsarve the opening till you stepped into it ?" "I didn't see it then.

I was near it, asleep, and when I woke up in the night I crawled in under the bushes to shelter myself, when I went through into the cave.

How was it you followed ?" "I was sarching for ye, as I've been doing for the last two days and more.