Part of them consisted of a hearty breakfast,--fresh bluefish, broiled; and while he was eating it the crew of the yacht made a deep hole in what remained of their own supplies.

Nobody who had seen them eat would have suspected that their long night at sea had interfered with their appetites.

In fact, each of them remarked to the others that it had not, so far as he was concerned.
"We'll make a good run," said Dab.

"It'll be great!" "What ?" said Ford, in some astonishment; "ain't you going to New York at all ?" "What for ?" "I thought that was what you meant to do.

Shall you sail right straight home ?" "Why not?
If we could do that distance at night, and in a storm, I guess we can in a day of such splendid weather as this, with the wind just right too.".