“I see. How long have you been negotiating for this boat?”
“I—I ordered it about two weeks ago.”
“Rather a coincidence that, don’t you think, Somes? It looks to me as though that ice-boat explained matters. What do you think?”
“Yes, sir.”
“What do you mean by ‘Yes, sir’?”
“I guess it does explain. I was so—so busy thinking about it, sir, that I didn’t have time to study much,” answered Dick honestly.
“Have you sailed it yet?”
“I was out Saturday and yesterday, sir.”
“Like it, do you?”