"I know." In his mind, Frank recoiled from this exchange slightly. It was too formal, too serious for what he had been brought up to expect in a family. He couldn't help getting the feeling as if he had witnessed something he wasn't meant to. Perhaps this fish that had evidently rescued him had hit him against a few rocks before reaching shore. "Yes, Davey thought about all of those things, and his curiosity and concern got the better of him, as it does with all of us sometimes. So he went down to the shore again and found an old boathouse to hide himself in until everyone else but the soldiers finally got tired and went away. During that time, he decided to borrow some diving goggles he found hanging behind the door and some bait he dug up from the ground behind the shack. Davey took some
