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And , anyhow , we could not have driven her fast in such a sea . '' By the time Jack had had his tea a comfortable glow had come over him . Now that it was all over he felt bruised and stiff from the buffeting he had gone through , and after half an hour 's chat with his mother and sister , in which he told them more fully the events of the wreck , he turned into bed and slept soundly till the morning . Captain Murchison , for that was his name , came round half an hour after Jack had gone up to bed to ask him to go round to the inn , as the ladies wished to see him and thank him for his share in rescuing them , but on hearing that he had gone up to bed asked his mother to request him to come round in the morning at ten o'clock . `` You have reason to be proud of your son , Mrs. Robson , '' he said . `` His leaping over in such a sea as that to get hold of the line from our ship was a most gallant action . '' `` He told me the line was tied round him , sir , so that there was no danger in it at all . ''