“Now we can take our time making up those missed lessons,” added Ben.
“You went to old Haskers?” queried Roger.
“We sure did,” answered the shipowner’s son.
“And told him about––” began our hero.
“Never mind what we told him, Dave,” interrupted Phil. “We did tell him that we wanted to make up the lessons but couldn’t do it in the time he had allotted. He argued it, at first, but now he has agreed to give us the same time Mr. Dale did, three weeks.”
“Good!” exclaimed Roger.
“You, or all of us?” asked our hero.
“All of us. I think he’ll speak to you at recess—he said he would.”
“What did he say when you—when you mentioned Mrs. Breen?” asked Roger.
“Hush, somebody might hear you!” returned Phil, in a whisper. “We have promised to keep that quiet.”