Now we'll go too, and the day will soon come when we'll have a new ship, and then, ho! once more for the rover's free and gorgeous life!" The unwounded men raised a faint cheer.

The long boat was launched with infinite care, and Robert lent a hand.

The pressure of circumstances made his feeling of comradeship with these men return.

For the time at least his life was bound up with theirs.

Two wounded sailors were lowered first into the boat.
"Now, Peter, you go," said the captain.