"He must be lying in the bottom of the boat." Childers gave a smile of pleasure as his schoolfellows jumped on board.
He had, glancing over his shoulder, seen them drift out of sight round the point, and had felt certain that they had reached shore.

It was, however, a great pleasure to be assured of the fact.
"You have made quite a stir upon the beach, young gentlemen," the coxswain of the boat said.

"When they two came running up without their shoes or coats and said there were three of you cut off in the bay under the Foreland, there didn't seem much chance for you.

It didn't take us two minutes to launch the boat, for there were a score of hands helping to run her down; and my mates bent to it well, I can tell you, though we didn't think it would be of any use.

We were glad when we made you two out on this side of the point.