Seagrave; "but
without you, I think we never should have required another breakfast by
this time. But we will tell Ready all we have done while we eat our
breakfast: now, my dear, if you please." Mrs. Seagrave then read a
chapter from the Bible, and afterwards they all knelt down while Mr.
Seagrave offered up a prayer.
While they were at breakfast, William told Ready how they had gone on
board, and what they had brought on shore, and he also mentioned how
Juno had dipped all the children in the sea.
"But Juno must not do that again," replied Ready, "until I have made
all safe; you know that there are plenty of sharks about these islands,
and it is very dangerous to go into the water."
"Oh, what an escape they have had!" cried Mrs. Seagrave, shuddering.
"It's very true," continued Ready; "but they don't keep so much to the
windward of the islands where we are at present; but still that smooth
cove is a very likely place for them to come into; so it's just as well
not to go in again, Juno, until I have time to make a place for you to
bathe in in safety. As soon as we can get as much as we want from the
ship, we must decide whether we shall stay here or not.
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