I will sit here a bit longer, and then go on board the ship." "You will do nothing of the kind," Mr.Hudson said.

"I have just sent for a vehicle, and you will come to the hotel and get into bed at once.

You are not fit to stand now, but I hope a good night's rest will do you good." Reuben would have protested, but at this moment a vehicle arrived at the door, and with it Captain Wilson entered.
"I have just taken your daughter and Miss Furley to the hotel, Hudson," he said.

"They are both greatly shaken, and no wonder.

So I thought it better to see them back, before coming in to shake hands with our gallant young friend here." "He has lost a good deal of blood, Wilson; and I am just taking him off, to get him to bed in the hotel.
"So we won't do any thanking till the morning," Mr.Hudson said, seeing that Reuben's lip quivered, and he was incapable of bearing any further excitement.