"You don't!" cried Jack. "Maybe you can explain how they did it then."
"I don't know as it needs any explaining," retorted Rand. "They got in a trough of the waves, and—"
"Trough of the waves!" cried Jack.
"What are you talking about?"
"Why, about the Whildens, of course. What are you talking about?"
"Oh, pshaw! I was talking about the burglars."
"Oh, I see," said Rand. "How did they get in?"
"That is what we would all like to know," replied Jack. "There isn't anything to show how they got in or how they went out, unless they went out through the door and locked it after them."
"That is possible, isn't it?" asked Rand.
"I suppose it is possible," admitted Jack, "but I don't see how they managed it."