"Well, of course you will have to stay until I get back," Will decided. "In the meantime, you can eat lunch. Good-bye, I'm off." And he led the way into the sunlight, which dazzled their eyes after the semi-gloom of the cave.
"But you will have to wait for the ferry," Allen called after him, "and it may not be along for some time."
"I'll take a chance," Will flung back. "I'll get there if I have to swim!"
"Maybe if you swim you can beat the ferry," suggested Allen, with a laugh.
"Say, that's a scheme! I guess I had better try it."
"Nonsense! You take the boat, old as it is."