In the lockers he found an abundance of food of all kinds, as the ship had been equipped for a long voyage, and he ate hungrily, though sparingly at first.

Then he went into the captain's cabin, lay down on a couch, and took a long and luxurious rest.
Robert was happy.

He felt that he had won, or rather that Providence had won for him, a most wonderful victory over adverse fate.

His brilliant imagination at once leaped up and painted all things in vivid colors.

Tayoga, Willet and the others must be terribly alarmed about him as they had full right to be, but he would soon be back in New York, telling them of his marvelous risk and adventure.
Then he deliberated about taking a supply of provisions to his den in the bushes, but when he went on deck the sun was already setting, and it was becoming so cold again that he decided to remain on the schooner.