They both spoke as if there was some need for haste.
"Noa.

I tied her round with your fish-cord.

If yo'd have done that, yo' might have got the babby the same way I got yo'." The heart of Caius sank.

If only he had done this! Jim Hogan was not a companion for whom he had any respect; he looked upon him as a person of low taste and doubtful morals, but in this Jim had shown himself superior.
"I guess we'd better go and look after them," said Jim.

He waded in a few paces.