"It is a shame," agreed Laura.
But just then both the Lockwood twins burst out with:
"Maybe he did come over to the island."
"Huh! What for? To hide?" demanded Lance.
"Perhaps," said Dorothy.
"Maybe to find the robbers himself. Perhaps they are hiding here," said Dora.
"Likely," grunted Chet.
"We saw somebody hiding back yonder at the foot of Boulder Head," declared Dorothy.
"So we did! The lone pirate!" cried her sister.
"'The lone pirate'?" repeated Laura and Jess, in unison. "Who's that?"