“No, and I don’t believe you do.”
“Do you remember that big white oak with the gnarled limb that put out a short distance from the base of the trunk?”
“You mean the knot that you said would bring a good price from any one of the ship builders at Bath?” asked Gerald in turn.
“Yes.”
“It is not too dark for you to see a little way. Just to the left is a similar white oak; do you notice it?”
The two scrutinized the huge tree and Arthur exclaimed:
“It looks exactly like it.”
“Of course, for it is the same one.”
When the tree was examined more closely further doubt was removed.
“What a piece of good fortune! Why, we saw that only a few minutes after leaving home.”