At noon, Ossie, having made many purchases in the town, served a dinner that made the world look a lot brighter.

Afterwards the crews of the two boats exchanged calls, read, dozed, played the graphophone and didn't much care whether it drizzled or not.

Toward the end of the day the sun peered forth experimentally and there followed another expedition ashore.

But the sun soon gave up its attempt to do any business that day and the drizzle set in harder than ever.

In the evening the entire club attended a moving picture show and thus disposed of several hours that might otherwise have proved difficult to get through.