“I don’t know.”
“Can he be drowned?”
“Oh, don’t say that!”
It was pitch dark, and only by calling to each other did the two lads manage to get together. Both swam around until their feet touched a rock and on this they stood to catch their breath. The water was all around them.
“Which way did we come, Tom?” asked Sam, after a moment of silence, during which both did what they could to get back their breath.
“I don’t know. I can’t see a thing, can you?”
“No.”
“I don’t believe Dick is here.”
“Neither do I, Tom. I believe somebody fooled us.”
“That’s it! And we fell right into the trap!”