“Exactly. I have already put in a word for you. I hated that for I wanted both Nancy and yourself on my own force. But there’s that secret radio.”
“Yes, there’s the radio,” she agreed with enthusiasm. “We’ll work it out together. I have two sets. I’ve already written C. K. asking permission to leave one with you in case I am sent across. That way, we can try it out.”
“It’s good of you to suggest it, but don’t hope for too much. There is a lot of radio silence when you’re on convoy duty. It’s necessary, you know.”
“That’s just it,” she exclaimed. “If we get in a really tight place and don’t dare use the regular radio we can switch to our secret radio. You could stand by with your set at regular hours, couldn’t you?”
“Certainly.”
“Then it’s all arranged. Don’t you see, if you and I can work out this secret radio, if it turns out to be a really big thing, it will make up for the other things you want to do and can’t!”
“You’re wonderful!” he exclaimed. “We’ll do things together!”
“Look!” she exclaimed. “Here’s a small flashlight attached to the boat, yes, and a fish line with artificial bait attached!”
“We’re all set for a long sail,” he laughed. “At least the flashlight will come in handy for signaling our rescuers. It’s getting dark.”
Sally tried the flashlight. It worked. The line and tackle too was tried and with rather startling results.