“It didn’t look more than a mile or so away,” Willie added.
“Then what?” prompted Mr. Livingston.
“Well, we watched ’em for a minute or two. Someone down below kept sending three long flashes.”
“Any answer from this camp?” Jack asked.
“None,” Willie told him. “We figured that with Rhodes confined in the cottage, there wouldn’t be any.”
“He didn’t catch the flashes?” Mr. Livingston inquired.
“Apparently, not. At any rate, he didn’t leave the cottage,” Willie replied. “Probably wasn’t feeling up to it.”
“So you decided to investigate?”
“Well, it looked like a perfect opportunity,” Willie confessed sheepishly. “It proved to be a mistake.”
“What happened?” Mr. Livingston questioned.