“He doesn’t trust us,” Norma whispered to Betty. “At least not all of us.” She glanced at Lena who was all eyes and ears.
“He was going to tell us of some secret hearing device,” Betty agreed.
“There are other and more interesting secrets,” Norma half confided. She had never told Betty of the talking hands.
“If there are,” Betty whispered, “we’ll have to wait for another time to learn about them.”
At that moment the little girl came dancing up. Pulling Norma’s head low, she whispered:
“My name’s Patsy. I’d like to take you around the island and show you where I saw the sub.”
“Oh! A sub!” Norma whispered. “I guess you must have imagined that!”
“No, a really, truly sub.” The girl pulled at her hand.
“Patsy and I are going exploring,” Norma explained to her commander.
“Quite all right,” was the smiling reply. “If you sight an enemy plane, let us know.”