Perry, however, had declared that the only reason the thing had run was because Joe had left it alone.
"It's lucky for us you're afraid to touch it," said Perry.

"If you weren't we'd have been wallowing around somewhere between here and Africa two days ago!" It had been too late to go ashore for sight-seeing last evening, and they had put it off until morning.

And now it was drizzling in a steady, whole-hearted way that promised to make sight-seeing a miserable business.

Some of the crew of the _Follow Me_ had come aboard to discuss plans and the question was whether to remain in harbour and await better weather or to set out again and run as far as Martha's Vineyard.

Perry was all for action, and he had the support of numerous others, but Steve pointed out that running the cruiser in such weather in strange waters was not over pleasant.