“Now we’ll go up on deck,” said Mr. Bobbsey, when Freddie had seen all he cared to in the engine room. “It’s cooler there.”
Freddie and his father found several women talking to Mrs. Bobbsey, who was telling them what had happened to her little boy, and Bert and Nan were also listening.
“I wonder what Freddie will do next?” said Bert to his older sister. “First he catches a lady’s hat for a fish, and then he nearly gets lost down a big pipe.”
“I hope he doesn’t fall overboard,” returned Nan.
“So do I,” agreed Bert. “And when we get on a smaller ship, if we go on a voyage with Cousin Jasper, we’ll have to look after Flossie and Freddie, or they will surely fall into the water.”
“Are we really, truly going on a voyage with Cousin Jasper, do you think?” Nan asked.
“Well, I heard father and mother talking about it, and they seemed to think maybe we’d take a trip on the ocean,” went on Bert.
“I hope we do!” exclaimed Nan. “I just love the water!”
“So do I!” her brother said. “When I get big I’m going to have a ship of my own.”
“Will you take me for a sail?” asked Nan.