“No.”
“Where is the rest?”
“Let me go and I will find it. I will call you then.”
“We go with you.”
“Then I can do nothing. There is a spell to be worked—I must be alone.”
“It will not do; we must be there to see.”
“What foolishness! Can I get off the island?”
The Arab turned to his companions and began to talk.
Of course Jack’s only thought was to reach the boat. For the rest of the gold he did not care.
But his little plan was speedily overturned by Harry.