'What's the matter, Marjorie?' said Reggie, as the girl changed colour.
Following the direction of her eyes his attitude stiffened, and Allan and Hamish looked to see what was the matter.
'It's Gibbie MacKerrach,' said Reggie, 'and he's talking to Andrew MacPeters.'
The combination had an ominous sound, and they all looked extremely concerned.
'What's the matter?' asked Harry.
'It's that gipsy lad who used to like Neil so much,' said Allan; 'the other is the fellow who we suspect may have been the thief. It's to be hoped that he is not making Gibbie tell him things that will do harm to Neil.'
'Which one is the gipsy?' asked Harry. 'I heard father say that they were camping on the moor not far from the Corrachin Caves.'
Marjorie, Allan, and Reggie looked at each other with startled eyes. Then Allan said, 'Pull away from here, will you, Reggie, and don't let them see us if you can help it. It would be better that Andrew should not know that we saw him with Gibbie.'
'Now,' said Allan, after the boat had been rowed out of sight. 'We can try some deep-sea fishing.'
Reggie caught a small haddock which was divided among the party for bait, and the lines were thrown out again.