[The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne]@TWC D-Link bookThe Coral Island CHAPTER XIII 3/13
"But," said I, "there is nothing to hinder us from diving down to it, now that we are sure it is not a shark." "True," returned Jack, stripping off his clothes; "I'll go down, Ralph, as I'm better at diving than you are.
Now then, Peterkin, out o' the road!" Jack stepped forward, joined his hands above his head, bent over the rocks, and plunged into the sea.
For a second or two the spray caused by his dive hid him from view, then the water became still, and we saw him swimming far down in the midst of the green object.
Suddenly he sank below it, and vanished altogether from our sight! We gazed anxiously down at the spot where he had disappeared, for nearly a minute, expecting every moment to see him rise again for breath; but fully a minute passed, and still he did not reappear.
Two minutes passed! and then a flood of alarm rushed in upon my soul, when I considered that during all my acquaintance with him, Jack had never stayed underwater more than a minute at a time; indeed seldom so long. "Oh, Peterkin!" I said, in a voice that trembled with increasing anxiety, "something has happened.
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