'Twere an easier task to read the records of time in the solid rock than to glean knowledge from the girl's face.
"Yes," he replied simply.

"Lucky find, wasn't it ?" "Most fortunate.

When they are quite dry I will replenish my wardrobe.
What is the first thing to be done ?" "Well, Miss Deane, I think our programme is, in the first place, to examine the articles thrown ashore and see if any of the cases contain food.

Secondly, we should haul high and dry everything that may be of use to us, lest the weather should break again and the next tide sweep away the spoil.

Thirdly, we should eat and rest, and finally, we must explore the island before the light fails.