Bob did not answer.
Susan went down to the beach and called louder, but still got no reply.
Then the boatswain called out:
“Bob! Bob! It’s dinner time!”
The child did not appear, and he could not be seen running about the shore.
“He was here only a minute ago,” James declared.
“Where the deuce can he be?” John Block said to himself, as he went towards the promontory.
Captain Gould, Fritz, and Frank were walking along the foot of the cliff.
Bob was not with them.
The boatswain made a trumpet of his hands and called out several times: