“Nobody could have come here, could they?” said Bevis. “The punt’s at the bottom, and the Pinta’s chained up—”
“And we must have seen them if they swam off.”
“Nobody can swim,” said Bevis, “except you and me and the governor.”
“No,” said Mark, “no more they can—not even Big Jack.”
“Nobody in all the place but us. It could not have been the governor, because if he found the hut he would have stopped to see who lived in it.”
“Of course he would. And besides, he could not have come without our knowing it; we are always about.”
“Always about,” said Bevis, “and we should have seen footsteps.”
“Or heard a splashing.”
“And Pan would not bark at him,” said Bevis. “No, it could not have been any one; it must have been something.”
“Something,” repeated Mark.