“Hello!⁠—why, I’m at home ! How’s that? Where’s the raft?”

“It’s all right,” I says.

“And Jim ?”

“The same,” I says, but couldn’t say it pretty brash. But he never noticed, but says:

“Good! Splendid! Now we’re all right and safe! Did you tell Aunty?”

I was going to say yes; but she chipped in and says: “About what, Sid?”

“Why, about the way the whole thing was done.”

“What whole thing?”