I came down against an oar.

Oh, I see: you thought he hit me when he fired." "Of course." "Pooh! he couldn't aim straight in the dark.

I'm all right.

But I say: there's water in the boat.

Not much, but I can hear it gurgling in.
Why, Mike," he cried excitedly, after a few moments' search, "here's a little round hole close down by the keel.