Silence among the party. Victoria came to the rescue.
"No? Where are they?"
But the gentleman from town put temptation aside and said:
"We can't bother about that now."
Johannes said:
"I know where we can find mussels, too."
Silence again.
"Are there pearls in them?" asked Otto.
"Fancy, if there were!" said Victoria.
Johannes replied, No, he didn't know about that; but the mussels were a long way out on the white sand; they would have to have the boat and dive for them.