I was about forty feet away, I suppose, when I heard him yell, and before I could get back he'd gone down.

I was afraid he meant to keep on going, but he thrashed his way up again and I managed to grab him.

The trouble was then that he wanted to drown both of us and I had a hard time making him see reason." "Someone ought to recommend you for the Carnegie Medal, Phil," said Han, with a laugh that didn't disguise his earnestness.
Phil shook his head.

"I wasn't the hero of the adventure," he replied quietly.

"I'm fairly at home in the water and I've done four miles without tiring much.