"But we can't," added Phil Gawner.
"We can't tell till we try."
"Don't you think we had better call on the Gildrocks, and get them to help us?" Ned Bellows asked.
"That's the idea!" exclaimed Lick Milton. "Then we shall have as many fellows as they have."
"Do you see anything of the Gildrock?" inquired Dory with a smile.
"I don't see her, but she can't be far off," answered Lick, as all the crew cast their eyes over the lake astern of them.
"I think she has gone into Rock Harbor," said Jim Alburgh. "The Gildrocks don't want to see us just yet, after the whipping they have had."
"If we go after the Gildrock it will be half an hour before we can get back here again. Those fellows will hide our clothes while we are gone, and I am not in favor of losing sight of them for a moment," added Dory.
"But what's the use of going ahead when we can't do anything if we come up with them?" said Ben Ludlow.