CHAPTER XIII. DEUS EX MACHINA
It did not occur to Sheen immediately that his boat had actually gone. The full beauty of the situation was some moments in coming home to him. At first he merely thought that somebody had moved it to another part of the bank, as the authorities at the inn had done once or twice in the past, to make room for the boats of fresh visitors. Walking along the lawn in search of it, he came upon the stake to which Dunstable's submerged craft was attached. He gave the rope a tentative pull, and was surprised to find that there was a heavy drag on the end of it.
Then suddenly the truth flashed across him. "Heavens!" he cried, "it's sunk."
Joe Bevan and other allies lent their aid to the pulling. The lost boat came out of the river like some huge fish, and finally
