"What enormous cottages these are!" remarked Johnny: "there must be large families in them, to need so much room."
"No: that largest one has only two folks in it besides the servants,—a man and his wife,—unless they have company; and there are only four persons in the other family,—a man and his wife and two grown-up daughters. But the men who own the houses are millionnaires, and my father says they build big houses to use up some of their money: they don't know what else to do with it."
"I should feel lonely in such a great house, unless it had a good many folks in it," replied Johnny. "I think I should look up some folks to enjoy it with me, or else I should think of some other use for my money."
"I would build a great, magnificent ship, and sail around the world in it," said Felix.
"That wouldn't be bad; only I don't see any use in having the ship so large, unless you wanted to take a great many friends with you."
"So here are the bicyclers!" said a voice behind them; and turning quickly, they saw Pierre just crossing the road.
"What luck?" asked Johnny.
"I have merely a brace of wild-ducks for to-morrow's dinner. After I had secured them, I did not look any farther for game: I have been talking with the men over at the Point."
"That is where we are going," replied Felix; "but we thought we would wait until the boat got in. You're going back in the boat, aren't you?"
"Yes: I think so. I have walked about enough for one time."