"Did you know that you were brave ?" "I never used to be," she answered.

"I was never brave till I knew you.
It is you who have made me brave." "Nor I, until I knew you," I answered.
She gave me a quick look, and again I caught that dancing, tremulous light and something more in her eyes.

But it was only for the moment.
Then she smiled.
"It must have been the conditions," she said; but I knew she was wrong, and I wondered if she likewise knew.

Then the wind came, fair and fresh, and the boat was soon labouring through a heavy sea toward the island.
At half-past three in the afternoon we passed the south-western promontory.

Not only were we hungry, but we were now suffering from thirst.