“Hush! Listen!” I said. “What’s that noise?”
We both listened, and my heart throbbed as I heard a regular plash and thud from off the sea.
“Boat,” said Bob decidedly. “Shall I hail it?”
“No,” I replied quickly.
“Why not? It’s a boat coming to fetch us.”
I could not think that it was, and creeping to where my father lay I shook him.
“Yes. Time to watch?” he said quietly.
“Hush! Listen!” I said.
He sat up:
“Boat,” he said, “close in.”