We've Mr.Gideon Hayle to thank for that, and if we have to tramp round the world to do it, if we have to hunt for him in every country on the face of the earth, we'll repay the debt we owe him." Mr.Codd's bright little eyes twinkled in reply.

Then they shook hands solemnly together.

It would certainly prove a bad day for Gideon Hayle should he ever have the ill luck to fall into their hands.
Two days later they shipped aboard the mail-boat as steerage passengers for England.

They had been missionaries in China, so it was rumoured on board, and their zeal had been repaid by the cruellest torture.

On a Sunday in the Indian Ocean, Kitwater held a service on deck, which was attended by every class.