“Jove! It’s good to get that canoe back,” said Jack.
“It’s hidden back of the mill,” went on the Gypsy girl. “I have stayed here ever since.”
“And was it your face I saw at the window?” asked Natalie.
“Yes,” assented Hadee. “I was afraid you would come and find me that time. Then I found the secret room, and stayed there. I stole softly down in the night when the boys were here, and took some of their things when they were asleep,” she said shyly. “I needed them.”
“Oh, we were easy marks,” admitted Phil with a laugh.
“I needed the knife and matches,” the Gypsy girl went on, “but I’ll give them back. The food I ate.”
“You’re welcome to it,” said Blake kindly.
“I also took a few things from your camp,” she said to the girls.
“The olives and sardines?” asked Marie.
Hadee nodded.