Then Phina and Uncle Will asked Godfrey to do the honours of his island. Behold them then walking under the group of sequoias, along the stream up to the little bridge. Alas! of the habitation at Will Tree nothing remained. The fire had completely devoured the dwelling in the base of the tree! Without the arrival of William W. Kolderup, what with the approaching winter, the destruction of their stores, and the genuine wild beasts in the island, our Crusoes would have deserved to be pitied. "Uncle Will!" said Godfrey. "If I gave the island the name of Phina, let me add that I gave our dwelling the name of Will Tree!" "Well," answered the uncle, "we will take away some of the seed, and plant it in my garden at 'Frisco!" During the walk they noticed some wild animals in the distance; but they dared not attack so formidable a party as the sailors of the _Dream_. But none the less was their presence absolutely incomprehensible. Then they returned on board, not without Tartlet asking permission to bring off "his crocodile"--a permission which was granted. That evening the party were united in the saloon of the _Dream_, and there was quite a cheerful dinner to celebrate the end of the adventures of Godfrey Morgan and his marriage with Phina Hollaney. On the morrow, the 20th of January, the _Dream_ set sail under the command of Captain Turcott. At eight o'clock in the morning Godfrey, not without emotion, saw the horizon in the west wipe out, as if it were a shadow, the island on which he had been to school for six months--a school of which he never forgot the lessons. The passage was rapid; the sea magnificent; the wind favourable. This time the _Dream_ went straight to her destination! There was no one to be mystified! She made no tackings without number as on the first voyage! She did not lose during the night what she had gained during the day! And so on the 23rd of January, after passing at noon through the Golden Gate, she entered the vast bay of San Francisco, and came alongside the wharf in Merchant Street. And what did they then see? They saw issue from the hold a man who, having swum to the _Dream_ during the night while she was anchored at Phina Island, had succeeded in stowing himself away for the second time! And who was this man? It was the Chinaman, Seng Vou, who had made the passage back as he had made the passage out! Seng Vou advanced towards William W. Kolderup. "I hope Mr. Kolderup will pardon me," said he very politely. "When I took my passage in the _Dream_, I thought she was going direct to Shanghai, and then I should have reached my country, but I leave her now, and return to San Francisco." Every one, astounded at the apparition, knew not what to answer, and laughingly gazed at the intruder. "But," said William W. Kolderup at last, "you have not remained six months in the hold, I suppose?" "No!" answered Seng Vou. "Where have you been, then?" "On the island!" "You!" exclaimed Godfrey. "Yes."