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And then I remember that I burst out laughing at myself, for it seemed so droll. My legs would keep on bending under me, and I had to sit down and rest every now and then." "You were so weak," said Rodd earnestly.
And so there are great apes in these forests? Have you seen them?" "Oh, yes," said the Spanish captain. "I have been coming here for ten years, and never saw another vessel up here before only the big canoes of the blacks. Why, I could take you into the forest and show you plenty of beautiful birds and flowers, and all kinds of wonders." "But the forest seems to be impassable," put in Rodd.
The next day was spent in Plymouth, and letting the idea of a visit to Salcombe rest in abeyance for a time, Uncle Paul called on different shipping agents, made inquiries in the docks, looked over two or three small vessels that he was assured would be exactly the thing he wanted, and which could be handed over to him at once if decided on; and at last, utterly wearied out, he returned home with Rodd very much impressed by the feeling that it was much easier to say what he required, than to get his wants supplied.
Captain Chubb looked hard at the speaker, then at Rodd, with the effect of making the boy feel as if he must laugh, for there was something so thoroughly comical in the stolid face, that nothing but the dread of hurting the visitor's feelings kept him from bursting into a roar, especially as, after fixing him with his eyes, the skipper seemed to be taking careful observations, looking up at the ceiling as if in search of clouds, at the carpet for sunken rocks, and then, so to speak, sweeping the offing by slowly gazing at the four walls in turn.
"Are we going to have a storm?" he said. "Well, I dunno, sir, about storm. More wind coming." "How do you know?" "How do I know, sir?" cried the man. "Why, if you come to that, I don't know. Seem to feel it like. I don't say as it will. Wind's nor'-west now, and has been all day, but I shouldn't wonder if it chopped right round, and then " "There'll be a storm," said Rodd eagerly.
"Bit rusty this morning," he whispered. "Yes; uncle's getting out of patience," whispered back Rodd. "No wonder," said the captain. "Well, 'tarn't my fault. I never see such a doctor's shop and museum as he's made of the craft." "Now, Rodney!" came from below sharply.
"Don't be insulting; you may carry the thing too far one day, and whatever I have done I have paid for. But you've not paid yet." "The man is very ill. You are a skilled doctor. If you're afraid of him, why don't you kill him?" asked Marnham with bitter scorn. "There you have me," replied Rodd. "Men may shed much, but most of them never shed their professional honour.
"What made you zigzag about like that?" "Didn't want to come down on the deck and break the glass, uncle," said Rodd rather sulkily. "The schooner oughtn't to dance about like this, ought she?" "Oh, yes. It's no more than the lugger used to do when we have been out fishing." "Oh, yes, uncle; and she's so much bigger too. Besides, we were sitting down then, and here one has to stand."
"Why, we must have come inshore for some distance last night," cried Rodd, in wonder. "Ay, my lad. Banks flooded. High tide perhaps," said Joe bluffly. "Well, the sooner we gets down into this mud and stretches our legs the better; and if they don't come down in the boats, how we are going to get back is more than I know." "Look!
"I don't like to say any more to Morny, uncle. It would seem so small; and besides, he never questions me anything about what we are doing only seems very much interested." "You are quite right, Rodd. It would be mean and petty. Leave it to them, and if they like to take us into their confidence, well and good. If they do not, well, it is no business of ours."
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