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"
True
,
"
returned
Jack
,
stripping
off
his
clothes
.
"
I
'll
go
down
,
Ralph
,
as
I
'm
better
at
diving
than
you
are
.
--
Now
,
then
,
Peterkin
,
out
o
'
the
road
!
"
Jack
stepped
forward
,
joined
his
hands
above
his
head
,
bent
over
the
rocks
,
and
plunged
into
the
sea
.
For
a
second
or
two
the
spray
caused
by
his
dive
hid
him
from
view
;
then
the
water
became
still
,
and
we
saw
him
swimming
far
down
in
the
midst
of
the
green
object
.
Suddenly
he
sank
below
it
,
and
vanished
altogether
from
our
sight
!
We
gazed
anxiously
down
at
the
spot
where
he
had
disappeared
for
nearly
a
minute
,
expecting
every
moment
to
see
him
rise
again
for
breath
;
but
fully
a
minute
passed
and
still
he
did
not
reappear
.
Two
minutes
passed
!
and
then
a
flood
of
alarm
rushed
in
upon
my
soul
when
I
considered
that
,
during
all
my
acquaintance
with
him
,
Jack
had
never
stayed
under
water
more
than
a
minute
at
a
time
--
indeed
,
seldom
so
long
.
"
Oh
Peterkin
!
"
I
said
in
a
voice
that
trembled
with
increasing
anxiety
,
"
something
has
happened
.
It
is
more
than
three
minutes
now
.
"
But
Peterkin
did
not
answer
;
and
I
observed
that
he
was
gazing
down
into
the
water
with
a
look
of
intense
fear
mingled
with
anxiety
,
while
his
face
was
overspread
with
a
deadly
paleness
.
Suddenly
he
sprang
to
his
feet
and
rushed
about
in
a
frantic
state
,
wringing
his
hands
,
and
exclaiming
,
"
Oh
Jack
!
Jack
!
He
is
gone
!
It
must
have
been
a
shark
,
and
he
is
gone
for
ever
!
"
For
the
next
five
minutes
I
know
not
what
I
did
;
the
intensity
of
my
feelings
almost
bereft
me
of
my
senses
.
But
I
was
recalled
to
myself
by
Peterkin
seizing
me
by
the
shoulders
and
staring
wildly
into
my
face
,
while
he
exclaimed
,
"
Ralph
!
Ralph
!
perhaps
he
has
only
fainted
!
Dive
for
him
,
Ralph
!
"
It
seemed
strange
that
this
did
not
occur
to
me
sooner
.
In
a
moment
I
rushed
to
the
edge
of
the
rocks
,
and
without
waiting
to
throw
off
my
garments
,
was
on
the
point
to
spring
into
the
waves
when
I
observed
something
black
rising
up
through
the
green
object
.
In
another
moment
Jack
's
head
rose
to
the
surface
,
and
he
gave
a
wild
shout
,
flinging
back
the
spray
from
his
locks
,
as
was
his
wont
after
a
dive
.
Now
we
were
almost
as
much
amazed
at
seeing
him
reappear
,
well
and
strong
,
as
we
had
been
at
first
at
his
non-appearance
;
for
,
to
the
best
of
our
judgment
,
he
had
been
nearly
ten
minutes
under
water
--
perhaps
longer
--
and
it
required
no
exertion
of
our
reason
to
convince
us
that
this
was
utterly
impossible
for
mortal
man
to
do
and
retain
his
strength
and
faculties
.
It
was
,
therefore
,
with
a
feeling
akin
to
superstitious
awe
that
I
held
down
my
hand
and
assisted
him
to
clamber
up
the
steep
rocks
.
But
no
such
feeling
affected
Peterkin
.
No
sooner
did
Jack
gain
the
rocks
and
seat
himself
on
one
,
panting
for
breath
,
than
he
threw
his
arms
round
his
neck
and
burst
into
a
flood
of
tears
.
"
Oh
Jack
!
Jack
!
"
said
he
,
"
where
were
you
?
What
kept
you
so
long
?
"
After
a
few
moments
Peterkin
became
composed
enough
to
sit
still
and
listen
to
Jack
's
explanation
,
although
he
could
not
restrain
himself
from
attempting
to
wink
every
two
minutes
at
me
in
order
to
express
his
joy
at
Jack
's
safety
.
I
say
he
attempted
to
wink
,
but
I
am
bound
to
add
that
he
did
not
succeed
;
for
his
eyes
were
so
much
swollen
with
weeping
that
his
frequent
attempts
only
resulted
in
a
series
of
violent
and
altogether
idiotical
contortions
of
the
face
,
that
were
very
far
from
expressing
what
he
intended
.
However
,
I
knew
what
the
poor
fellow
meant
by
it
;
so
I
smiled
to
him
in
return
,
and
endeavoured
to
make
believe
that
he
was
winking
.
"
Now
,
lads
,
"
said
Jack
when
we
were
composed
enough
to
listen
to
him
,
"
yon
green
object
is
not
a
shark
;
it
is
a
stream
of
light
issuing
from
a
cave
in
the
rocks
.
Just
after
I
made
my
dive
,
I
observed
that
this
light
came
from
the
side
of
the
rock
above
which
we
are
now
sitting
;
so
I
struck
out
for
it
,
and
saw
an
opening
into
some
place
or
other
that
appeared
to
be
luminous
within
.
For
one
instant
I
paused
to
think
whether
I
ought
to
venture
.
Then
I
made
up
my
mind
and
dashed
into
it
;
for
you
see
,
Peterkin
,
although
I
take
some
time
to
tell
this
,
it
happened
in
the
space
of
a
few
seconds
,
so
that
I
knew
I
had
wind
enough
in
me
to
serve
to
bring
me
out
o
'
the
hole
and
up
to
the
surface
again
.
Well
,
I
was
just
on
the
point
of
turning
--
for
I
began
to
feel
a
little
uncomfortable
in
such
a
place
--
when
it
seemed
to
me
as
if
there
was
a
faint
light
right
above
me
.
I
darted
upwards
,
and
found
my
head
out
of
water
.
This
relieved
me
greatly
,
for
I
now
felt
that
I
could
take
in
air
enough
to
enable
me
to
return
the
way
I
came
.
Then
it
all
at
once
occurred
to
me
that
I
might
not
be
able
to
find
the
way
out
again
;
but
on
glancing
downwards
,
my
mind
was
put
quite
at
rest
by
seeing
the
green
light
below
me
streaming
into
the
cave
,
just
like
the
light
that
we
had
seen
streaming
out
of
it
,
only
what
I
now
saw
was
much
brighter
.
"
At
first
I
could
scarcely
see
anything
as
I
gazed
around
me
,
it
was
so
dark
;
but
gradually
my
eyes
became
accustomed
to
it
,
and
I
found
that
I
was
in
a
huge
cave
,
part
of
the
walls
of
which
I
observed
on
each
side
of
me
.
The
ceiling
just
above
me
was
also
visible
,
and
I
fancied
that
I
could
perceive
beautiful
,
glittering
objects
there
;
but
the
farther
end
of
the
cave
was
shrouded
in
darkness
.
While
I
was
looking
around
me
in
great
wonder
,
it
came
into
my
head
that
you
two
would
think
I
was
drowned
;
so
I
plunged
down
through
the
passage
again
in
a
great
hurry
,
rose
to
the
surface
,
and
--
here
I
am
!
"
