Chapter 16

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​⁠I got an opportunity of tackling Colonel Race on the following morning. The auction of the sweep had just been concluded, and we walked up and down the deck together.

“How’s the gipsy this morning? Longing for land and her caravan?”

I shook my head.

“Now that the sea is behaving so nicely, I feel I should like to stay on it for ever and ever.”

“What enthusiasm!”

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​⁠“Well, isn’t it lovely this morning?”

We