He put the camera back into its case and strapped it op. The four children lay and looked at the nest of submarines in the water below. Another came slipping in as they watched. Two slipped out.
"Gone to sink some more of our ships, I suppose," said Andy angrily. "If only I could stop them! But we will clean up the whole lot once we get the news back home. I guess we'll have a battleship or two sent out here."
"Where will it be safe to have something to eat?" asked Tom. "I do feel hungry."
"I wish I had a shilling for every time I've heard Tom say that," said Jill, with a giggle.
"Well, I only say what the rest of you are thinking!" said Tom. "I bet you're all hungry!"
They were! Andy found a little bracken dell not far from the top of the cliff. Here the bracken was taller than the children, and once they had settled themselves down below the tall fronds nobody could possibly see them either from above or passing by.
They ate a good meal and enjoyed it. They lay on their backs and looked between the fronds at the blue sky. It was marvellous that the weather was still so good. It would have been miserable if it had rained all the time.
"Now we'd better get back," said Andy.
"Oh, why?" asked Jill, lazily. "I was almost asleep."
"I'll tell you why!" said Andy. "Supposing that stolen boat is missed—well, the first place searched would be this island! And we'd be found. No—the best thing Tor us to do is to get back now, wait till the seaplane has left and then go straight to the store-cave and fill our boat with food. Then we'll start off to-night."