Scotty chuckled. "I'd like to have heard that."
Rick watched the tip of the cove. The speedboat from Spindrift should be coming shortly. "How about the plane?" he asked suddenly. "What did you do with it?"
Scotty motioned to the other side of the houseboat. "It's anchored. I landed next to the JANIG team and got into the rowboat with them." The Sky Wagon carried a small anchor and a few yards of anchor line in one of the pontoons.
"Okay. Carry on, Barby. How did you threaten them?"
"I was very logical," Barby stated. "Wasn't I, Jan?"
Jan nodded agreement. "You definitely were."
"I started by telling them that they couldn't possibly do a thing to us, and they might as well let us go right away."
"Bet that impressed them," Rick murmured.
"Are you telling this, or am I?"
"You are," Rick said contritely. "Go ahead."