Part 60 (2/2)
”Which way shall we go?”
”I don't know, Mr Gurr”
”Can't make out which is the north, can you?”
”No, sir, nor the south neither”
”Humph! I think I could find the south if you told me which was the north,” said the master drily ”Well, wehere I seeht direction”
Archy felt that it was the wrong direction, but, at he could not point out the right, he followed his leader for about a quarter of ato shout and listen from time to time
All at once Gurr ca,” he said ”You choose this ti the route because it was down hill; but a quarter of an hour of this did not satisfy him, and he too stopped dead short
”I feel just as much lost as I did in the dark in that cave, Mr Gurr,”
he said
”Never ood-humouredly ”It's all an accident, and nobody's fault Wish I had my pipe”
”Ahoy!” shouted Archy, but there was no reply
”I'd sit down and wait for , only conscience won't let ested Archy
”Seems to o wandering in and out a all sorts of ways Never ed on for how long they could not tell, but both were getting exceedingly weary, and as ignorant now ever as to their whereabouts; for, whether the direction they folloas east, west, south, or north, there was no indication in the sky; and they kept on, always cautiously, in dread and yet in hope that they e of the cliff, which would solve their difficulty at once, if they could see the cutter's lights
”Though that aren't likely, Mr Raystoke Strikes ht, on the chance of a sh that's hardly our luck”
”I don't know,” said Archy bitterly ”Seems just the time for her to come when the skipper's so short-handed that he can't attack”
”Yes, we are an unlucky craft and no mistake, and I 'most wish sometimes I'd never sailed in her Look here, for instance, here's a chance for us”
”Hist! Listen!” whispered Archy
”What is it?”
”A hail right in the distance”
”No such luck, h
Hark!”