“Oh, no, better not. You see, when we get Rosa and fetch her back she’ll just think we have all been off for a sail.”
And Nancy knew as he spoke, that here was another boy with a disposition very much like Ted’s.
CHAPTER XVII
SCOUTING FOR THE TRUANTS
If Rosa had been rebellious and uncertain in her conduct, her friends Gar and Dell were just the opposite, it seemed to Nancy. Waiting now a few minutes for Gar to return with his motor boat, Nancy tried to keep down her anxieties by building her courage upon the assistance of Gar, and as he presently hailed her from the landing, she saw that his sister Dell was with him.
“Two heads are better than one,” he said simply, as Nancy stepped into the launch.
“Don’t worry,” Dell remarked. “Gar and I know those islands, although we haven’t had a chance to do any exploring lately.”
“But why should Orilla do that?” questioned Nancy. “She knew perfectly well that Rosa had been exhausted in the water and was unfit for anything but rest.”
“You can never ask why, where that creature is concerned,” answered Dell. “She’s the unaccountable. Doesn’t do any real harm but—”
“How awful close she does come to it,” put in Gar, who was tending the smoothly running little engine, as Nancy sat near by and watched.