Even Tim Bunker for the time laid aside his morose look, and joined in the expression of good will with as much zeal as his companions.
"Now man your oars, Zephyrs," said Frank.
"What ye going to do now ?" asked Tim, as he grasped his oar with the others.
"You shall know in due time," replied the coxswain.
Here was another thing which Tim had yet to learn--not to ask questions of the commander.

It was a part of the discipline of the club to obey without stopping to argue the point.

Captain Sedley himself had suggested this idea, and it had been thoroughly carried out on board the Zephyr.

It was an established principle that "the coxswain knew what he was about," and that he alone was responsible for the guidance and the safety of the boat.
Tim did not seem to fancy this kind of discipline.

He evidently felt that he had been born to command, and not to obey.