"It must be very nearly morning.

How is Jimpny ?" "He has been fast asleep all the time." "Well, then, we will not wake him," said the captain.

"It is so intensely dark that we shall have difficulty in getting him home, and it can't be very long to-day." It was longer than the captain thought, but he sat chatting about how busy they had been setting up the second hut and improving the first, besides making preparations for their home becoming permanent.
"The ship will supply us with endless useful things," he said, "even if much of the cargo is burned.

This man has again proved himself a treasure, Mark, for it might have been a long time before we had explored far enough to enable us to find the hull." "When shall you go to see it, father ?" asked Mark.
"To-day, my boy.

We'll get back to camp and have a good breakfast and then start.