Part 78 (1/2)
Listen--von vort for all I have faith in you bose, but no, it cannot be You cannot go back, so youto take us away?” cried Vince
”I 'ave take you avay, er vant ze cavern store, and ze safe place to hide Zen you o back--if you like”
”What do you mean by that?” said Vince quickly
”Vat I say: if you like I sink by zat time you bose say to o' Now I talk no ,” said Vince: ”where are you going to take us?”
”I tell you ven I can,” said the captain
”What do you mean by that?” cried Mike excitedly
”Vat I say I do not know”
He pressed the that they could do nothing else, while the captain followed and opened a door opposite to that of the cabin
”Zere,” he said ”You can sleep in zose bunk I keep zat for ive zem to mine _ennemi_, you see I vill not lock ze door, but you listen, bose of you I a here If a et up and pull out ze knife, I take ze pistol and shoot: I ae noise, I shoot Don't you o sleep, as you _Anglais_ say, like ze sound of two top hummin You understand _Bon soir_! You co”
He shut them in, and the two boys were left in the darkness to their thoughts But they were too weary to think much, and soon felt their way into their bunks, one above the other
An hour later the door was softly opened, and a lanthorn was thrust in, the captain following to look at each face in turn
There was no sham this time Utterly worn out by the excitement of the past hours, Vince and Mike were both off--fast in the heavy, dreamless, restful slumber of sixteen--the sleep in which Nature winds up a boy's o on, rested and fresh, for the work of another day
CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE
HOW SOME FOLK TURN SMUGGLERS
The sea was up before the boys nextthe _chasse-liding down the other; for the wind had risen towardsso hard that quite half the sail hoisted overnight had had to be taken down, leaving the swift vessel staggering along beneath the rest
Vince turned out feeling a bit puzzled and confused, for he did not quite grasp his position; but the full swing of thought ca accompaniments, and he roused up Mike to bear his part and help to condole as well
Mike, on the contrary, turned out of his bunk fully awake to their position, and began to , till at last Vince turned upon him
”I say,” he said, ”it's of no use to make worse of it”
”No one can,” cried Mike
”Oh, can't they? Why, you're doing your part”
”I'eous, and that I wish the old luggerwith my clothes?”
”Haven't touched 'em”