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Chapter 21

           Thosewhoarenotnaturallyexpertinthewaterknowwellthefeelingsofhorrorthatoverwhelmthem,wheninit,atthebareideaofbeinghelddownevenforafewsecondsthatspasmodic,involuntaryrecoilfromcompulsoryimmersionwhichhasnoconnectionwhateverwithcowardice;andtheywillunderstandtheamountofresolutionthatitrequiredinPeterkintoallowhimselftobedraggeddowntoadepthoftenfeet,andthen,throughanarrowtunnel,intoanalmostpitch-darkcavern.Buttherewasnoalternative.Thepirateshadalreadycaughtsightofus,andwerenowwithinashortdistanceoftherocks.

           JackandIseizedPeterkinbythearms.

           "Now,keepquitestillnostruggling,"saidJack,"orwearelost!"

           Peterkinmadenoreply;butthesterngravityofhismarblefeatures,andthetensionofhismuscles,satisfiedusthathehadfullymadeuphismindtogothroughwithit.Justasthepiratesgainedthefootoftherocks,whichhidusforamomentfromtheirview,webentovertheseaandplungeddowntogether,headforemost.Peterkinbehavedlikeahero.Hefloatedpassivelybetweenuslikealogofwood,andwepassedthetunnelandroseintothecaveinashorterspaceoftimethanIhadeverdoneitbefore.

           Peterkindrewalong,deepbreathonreachingthesurface,andinafewsecondswewereallstandingontheledgeofrockinsafety.Jacknowsearchedforthetinderandtorchwhichalwayslayinthecave.Hesoonfoundthem,andlightingthetorch,revealedtoPeterkin’swonderinggazethemarvelsoftheplace.

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