"I was afraid you were done for! I was afraid it carried you under when it turned." "I was afraid you were done for, too!" and there was thanksgiving in Bobby's voice.

"How did it happen you got into the water?
Did the ice hit the skiff ?" "I don't know how it happened," said Jimmy.

"I don't think the ice hit the skiff, but it all came so suddenly I don't know." "Well, here we are, and out there's the boat, and we've got to get it," declared Bobby.

"I'm going for it." "No, let me go.

I'm wet anyhow, and I'm all right for it," Jimmy protested.