“What two men?” Cap asked.
Quickly Eddie told him about the two strangers he and Teena had come across at the cove. Captain Daniels reached into his pocket and brought out a small telescope. He pulled its sections out to full length and handed it to Eddie. “See for yourself,” he invited.
Eddie adjusted the lens to his vision. With the telescope it was easy to see that the two men in the rowboat were the tall one called Simms and the chunky one called Roy.
“Anyway,” Eddie said, “they don’t seem to be pulling in any fish.” He passed the telescope to Teena.
“It doesn’t look like they’re even trying,” Teena said. “There’s only one line in.”
“Maybe they’re just relaxing,” Captain Daniels said. “Some people don’t care whether they catch any fish or not. They rent a boat, row it out and anchor it, and then sit around soothing their nerves. People build up a lot of tensions these days, you know. Folks have different ways of getting rid of them.”
“They were nervous, all right,” Teena said. “Especially the tall one.” She handed the telescope back to Captain Daniels.
“Well, let’s forget about them,” Eddie suggested. “Captain Daniels, would you like us to help polish the light again today?”
“You know you’re always welcome to help with that,” the lightkeeper said, “but I don’t want you coming up here thinking I expect you to work.”
“Oh, but that isn’t work,” Teena said. “It’s fun.”