It took them two hours to restock their supplies, get air for the diving tanks, and return to the dock. At the end of the dock, lounging against a mooring post, was Dietz. He had an evil expression of triumph on his face.
“Don’t you ever give up?” he said.
Specks hovered behind him.
None of the three answered their enemy. They got into the boat and prepared to cast off.
“Hey? Come back here! Where do you think you’re going?”
Dietz’s startled question was directed at Crunch. Crunch had jumped into the boat with the others.
“Crunch go with friends. No work for bad man any more.”
“You’ll still be working for me!” Dietz shouted back in anger. “If you find the fishery, you’ll be finding it for me, because I’ll win it in court!”
CHAPTER XXIV
Attack from the Deep
For the next three days, activity went on at a feverish pace. Camp was hastily set up again on the same island, and even when it was late in the day, Biff, Derek, and Uncle Charlie would try another spot hoping to locate the fishery.