I say, are you sure that you can go on without taking a wrong turning ?" "Oh yes, I'm right enough, Master Mark." "How far is it now ?" "On'y 'bout fifty fathom or so.

We're just getting to the rise." "Then we--no, you're wrong.

We can't be.

Why, if we were so near the mouth we should see daylight." "What! in the middle o' the night?
Not you." "What! You don't think it's so late as that ?" "Yes, I do.

It's past twelve o'clock, if it's a minute." "Then we must have slept a very long time below there." "Hours upon hours," said Dummy, chuckling.
"Hark! What's that ?" said Mark excitedly.
"Shouting," said the boy, after listening.