Seagrave also shook hands with him.

"You have had a good long sleep, Ready," said Mr. Seagrave, "and I
would not waken you after your fatigue of yesterday."

"I thank you, sir; and I am glad to see that Madam is so well: and I am
not sorry to see that you can do so well without me," continued Ready,
smiling.

"Indeed, but we cannot, I'm afraid," replied Mrs. Seagrave; "had it not
been for you and your kindness, where should we have been now?"

"We can get a breakfast ready without you," said Mr. 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