“What are you doing here, Jimmy?” she said.
“Is that yourself, Miss?” said Jimmy, eyeing her quietly.
“It is. And the only other person present is you. Now we’ve got that settled.”
Jimmy Kinsella grinned.
“I thought it was the Tortoise when I saw her; but I said to myself ‘There’s strangers on board of her, for Miss Priscilla would know better than to run her aground on the bank when the tide would be leaving her.’”
“You haven’t told me yet,” said Priscilla, “what you’re doing here.”
“I’m out along with the lady beyond.”
“I could see that much for myself. What’s she doing?”
“Without she’d be trying the salt water for the good of her health, I don’t know what she’s doing.”
“I thought at first that it might be that,” said Priscilla. “Has she any sponges with her?”