IN SWEDEN 79

The lads quite agreed with this opinion, but were, in
spite of their efforts, presently prostrate. ‘They remained
on deck for some hours and then crawled to their cabin,
where they remained for the next three days, at the end of
which time they came on deck again, feeling better, but as
weak as if they had suffered from a long illness. Mr.
Jervoise had been in frequently to see them, having escaped
the malady, from which, as he told them, Sir Marmaduke
was suffering to the full as severely as they were.

“So you have found your feet again,” the captain said,
when they appeared on deck. “ You will be all right now.”

“We feel much better,” Harry said, “now that the storm
is over.”

“Storm !—what storm? The weather has been splendid.
We cannot wish for anything better. It has been just as
you see it now—a bright sun, and just enough wind for her
to carry whole sail.”

The lads both looked astonished. “Then why should we
roll and toss about so much?” Harry asked.

“Roll and toss! Nonsense, lad! There has been a
little movement, of course, as there always must be when
there is a brisk wind; but as for rolling and tossing, you
must wait till you see a storm, then you will begin to have
an idea of what the sea is.”

‘The boys both felt rather crest-fallen, for they had flat-
tered themselves that their sufferings were caused by some-
thing quite out of the ordinary way, and it was mortifying
to know that the weather had been really fine, and there had
been nothing even approaching a storm. ‘The rest of the
voyage was a pleasant one. They found they had regained
their appetites and were able to enjoy their meals; still they
were not sorry when they saw the coast of Sweden, and a
few. hours later entered the port of Gottenburg, where Sir
Marmaduke for the first time came on deck, looking a mere
shadow of his former jovial self.