“Not officers?”
“They had no connection with the Law, speaking of it with great contempt.”
“How many men were there, Noah?”
“Two.”
“And they came by car?”
“Bless you, no,” replied Noah wearily. “They arrived in a motorboat. Of all the pop-poppin’ you ever heard! It almost drove my animals crazy.”
“After they talked to you, the men went away again in their boat?”
“They started off, but as soon as they had turned the bend they switched out the motor. I wondered what they were up to, so I sneaked through the bushes and watched.”
“Yes, go on!” Penny urged eagerly as Old Noah interrupted the narrative to wash another shirt. “What did the men do?”
“Why, nothing,” answered the old man. “They just pulled the boat up into the bushes and went off and left it.”