At any rate, let's look around." We did so.

After some search we found fragments of a rotted rope attached to a piece of rock.
"That," said Agnew, "must have been fastened to the boat; and as for the boat herself, she has long ago been swept away from this." "What shall we do now ?" I said, after a long silence.
"There's only one thing," said Agnew.

"We must go on." "Go on ?" I asked, in wonder.
"Certainly," said he, confidently.

"Will you stay here?
No.

Will you go back?
You can't.