"So far it hasn't sunk with them," returned Amy scornfully.
"You needn't be so snippy, Amy Drew," broke in Belle. "We want to see your brother about the use of the Marigold. I suppose he will let it to a party—for a price?"
"I don't know," said Amy, staring.
"Why, that's absurd!" Jessie declared, without thinking. "It is a pleasure boat, not a cargo boat."
Amy began to laugh when she saw Belle's face.
"They don't even take passengers for hire," she said. "Is that what you want to know?"
"We want to hire a yacht to take us to Station Island," Sally hastened to say. "And Belle remembered Darrington's boat——"
"I don't suppose it is fit to take such a party as ours will be," interposed Belle.
"I guess Darry won't want to let it," said Amy, seeing that the two girls were in earnest. "Besides, we are going down ourselves this week."