"Never say die.

We'll cheat old Davy Jones and his locker yet." Indeed, Bob's cheerfulness under trying circumstances was something that the captain had marked with satisfaction.

The very character of the boy had undergone a change because of what he had been through.

He seemed to have grown older and to have a fitting idea of responsibility.

Bob was beginning to realize that life was not all play.
It was rather hopeless sailing now, not knowing whether they were headed right or not.