“Yes,” said Priscilla. “Frightfully annoying, isn’t it?”
“Never mind,” said Miss Rutherford. “I know where they’re gone. The people on the island told me. To Inishminna. Wasn’t Inishminna the name, Jimmy?”
“It was, Miss.”
“Climb on board,” said Priscilla. “That is to say if you want to come. We must be after them at once. We’ll follow Flanagan. Jimmy can row through Craggeen passage and pick you up afterwards.”
Miss Rutherford tumbled from her own boat into the Tortoise.
“Thanks awfully,” she said. “I want to see you arrest those spies more than anything.”
“They’re not spies,” said Priscilla.
“We never really thought they were,” said Frank.
“The truth is——” said Priscilla.
She stopped abruptly and looked round. Jimmy Kinsella was some distance astern heading for Craggeen. He appeared to be quite out of earshot. Nevertheless Priscilla lowered her voice to a whisper.