They ate hungrily while the water splashed beneath the floorings and the lamp swung at erratic angles as the _Cetacea_ rolled; and Bethune made no objection when Jimmy afterward lighted his pipe. The case lay against the centerboard trunk, but they did not feel impatient to open it. This was a pleasure that would lose nothing by being deferred; they were satisfied to sit still in the warm cabin and gloat over their success.

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