She approved of his feigning, for as long as these men did not seek to injure her, why should he incur their further notice? He lay on the rug, quite as though he was helpless; but she knew he was alert and was ready, if occasion arose, to show much more agility than the Chinamen or the old King of the Pipes dreamed.
CHAPTER XXII
THE TWINS’ ALARM
It was fully an hour after the Lauriette had chugged away from the dock at the island where the moving picture company was established that the motor-boat which had been to Oak Point returned with Tom Cameron aboard.
Tom, with the other men who had been exploring and fishing all day, was ravenously hungry, but he went around to the veranda of the chief bungalow where his twin sister and Ruth stayed to see how they were before even going to wash and to see if he could bribe one of the cooks to set out “a cold snack.”
Tom found Helen on the porch, alone. At a glance, too, he saw that she was not in a pleasant mood.
“What’s gone wrong?” demanded Tom. And with a brother’s privilege of being plain-spoken, he added: “You look cross. Go in search of your temper.”