For an hour and a half they talked upon random subjects, but all the time the keen eyes of the detective never wandered from the water of the cove. He had brought his watch on deck with him, and from time to time he glanced at it.
“It is two o’clock,” he announced, after an unusually long silence between them. “I think we will make a move now, if you are ready.”
“Ready,” they each replied.
“Are you a good swimmer, Max?” asked Nick.
“The best that ever was,” was the reply.
“All right. I’m going to take the lead in this affair. Chick will follow me, and you will follow behind him.”
“All right. Where——”
“You will take your cues from Chick. Whatever you see him do, you will copy without delay. Understand that?”
“Yes; it’s plain enough. Where——”
“If he dives, you are to dive, and you are to follow him under the water wherever he goes. No matter what he does, you do it, too.”