They came from a young Spaniard who had the misfortune to resist too much when we took the ship that carried him.

They've come to a good use again." Robert shuddered, but in a moment or two he forgot the origin of his new raiment.

He had become too much inured to deadly peril to be excessively fastidious.

Besides, he was feeling far better.

Warmth returned to his body and the beat of the rain outside the house increased the comfort within.
"I think, Peter," said the slaver, "that you'd better go to sleep.
You've been through a lot, and you don't realize how near exhaustion you are." Without giving a thought to the question of food, which must present itself before long, Robert lay down on the floor and fell almost at once into a sound slumber..