"There is a bit of a plank; we must be just on the place where she blew up! Listen, does anyone hear anything ?" There was a long silence, and then he said, "Row about for half an hour.

It's as dark as a wolf's mouth, but we may come upon them." In the meantime, the two lads were swimming steadily and quietly away.
Presently Hugh said, "I must get rid of my sword, Master Rupert, it seems pulling me down.

I don't like to lose it, for it was my grandfather's." "You had better lose the grandfather's sword, Hugh, than the grandson's life.

Loose your belt, Hugh, and let it go.

Mine is no weight in comparison.