“Only one,” replied Bob.
“Ah! I could show you a place where you could pull ’em up like anything. I say, though, the boat ain’t worth a pound.”
“Oh yes, she is,” said Bob.
“Not a pound and the boat too.”
“Yes, she is,” said Bob, watching Dexter the while out of the corner of one eye.
“I wouldn’t give a pound for her, only there’s a man I know wants just such a boat.”
Dexter sat up, looking very determined, and ready to speak when he thought that the proper time had come, and Bob kept on watching him.
“Look here!” said the man, “as you two’s come out fishing, I’ll give you fifteen shillings and my boat, and that’s more than yours is worth.”
“No, you won’t,” said Bob.