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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 crestfallen, for they had flattered themselves that

their sufferings were caused by something 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