“You do spoil me and I love you for it,” Julia told him. “Thank you! Thank you for being so understanding. But I find it impossible to think of anything but our Treasure Island, as we might just as well call it.”
She did not wait for the Captain to answer, but ran to the side of The Mermaid and climbed into the landing boat which was waiting for her.
The two oarsmen rowed her out into the sea and they moved swiftly towards the island.
Looking at it in the same dilapidated state as it had been before, Julia decided that she would somehow like to obtain a flag, which should be put on the very top of it, so that it blew out triumphantly in the wind.
‘It will be welcome to those who are curious about The Castle,’ she told herself. ‘It will certainly look more attractive than it does at
