They were in no way the worse for the adventure, but Childers was so weak that he was unable to stand.

He was carried up and laid on a fly, the others sitting opposite, the driver having first taken the precaution of removing the cushions.
There were among the crowd most of the boys from Dr.Parker's.

Goodall and Jackson had arrived nearly an hour and a half before, and the news had spread like wildfire.

Bats and balls had been thrown down and every one had hurried to the beach.

Goodall and his companion had already related the circumstance of their being cut off by the water and taken round the point by Frank; and as Ruthven on jumping out had explained to his comrades who flocked round to shake his hand, "I owe my life to Hargate," the enthusiasm reached boiling point, and Frank had difficulty in taking his place in the fly, so anxious were all to shake his hand and pat him on the shoulder.