"Which is Prawn Point?" asked Nurse.
The boy explained, and Nurse knew that it was that direction Eustace always had chosen for his rambles.
Tom scratched his head. "You ought not to have let them go to the Point," he said seriously.
"Is it dangerous?" asked Nurse, in a tone of alarm.
"Well, that depends upon the time. When did they go?"
"This afternoon, about four o'clock, I should think," answered his mother.
The boy whistled. "The tide would be coming in."
"Is there danger? Tell me if there is, for I must send for his mother and father at once," almost screamed Nurse.
"Well, I wouldn't care to be round Prawn Point, I can tell you," answered Tom.
Nurse did not wait to hear any more. There was a telegraph-office a little further up the street, and Nurse rushed off there.