“Well, maybe they’d taste better than nothing in the morning, but I don’t believe we’re hungry enough to eat them yet. They’re pretty strong, Hal. Besides, I didn’t see any nests, did you?”
“No, but I wasn’t looking for them.”
“Well, I was, and I didn’t see one. Maybe in the morning, when it’s lighter, we can come across some. I have an idea, though, that gulls lay their eggs a good deal earlier than this.”
“Couldn’t eat a gull, could we?” asked Bee hopefully.
“No, not unless we were actually starving,” laughed Jack. “Then we’d get about the same effect by soaking our belts in salt water and eating those. By the way, Hal, have you any fishing tackle on the launch?”
“Not a thing—” began Hal. But Bee interrupted.
“Sure we have, Hal! We stowed our lines and hooks in the stern closet this morning, don’t you remember?”
“The ‘stern closet’ is good, Bee,” Jack laughed. “Well, that means we may have some breakfast if someone doesn’t take us off before.”
“Maybe old Honest Bill Glass swiped those things too,” said Hal.