"What?"
"That thing."
"What—that round thing?"
"Yes, that round thing. Look sharp at it now. What doos it look like to your young eyes?"
Phil and Pat looked at it very carefully, and in silence. Then Phil looked up into Captain Corbet's face without saying a word.
"Wal?"
"What is it, do you think?" asked Phil, in a low voice.
"What do YOU think?"
"Sure an it's a hat—a sthraw hat," said Pat.
Captain Corbet exchanged a meaning glance with Phil.