Chapter 11: X

X Our first night—Under canvas—An appeal for help—Contrariness of teakettles, how to overcome—Supper—How to feel virtuous—Wanted! a comfortably-appointed, well-drained desert island, neighbourhood of South Pacific Ocean preferred—Funny thing that happened to George’s father—A restless night. Harris and I began to think that Bell Weir lock must have been done away with after the same manner. George had towed us up to Staines, and we had taken the boat from there, and it seemed that…