Chapter Eleven OFF TO KIRRIN ISLAND
　　JULIAN and George went to find Dick and Anne. They were waiting for them in the garden, lookingrather upset. They were glad to see Julian and George and ran to meet them.
　　Anne took George's hands. "I'm awfully¹ sorry about your island, George," she said.
　　"So am I," said Dick. "Bad luck, old girl—I mean, old boy!"George managed to smile. "I've been behaving like a girl," she said, half-ashamed. "But I did get anawful shock."
　　Julian told the others what they had planned. "We'll go tomorrow morning," he said. "We'll make outa list of all the things we shall need. Let's begin now."54
　　He took out a pencil and notebook. The others looked at him.
　　"Things to eat," said Dick at once. "Plenty because we'll be hungry.""Something to drink," said George. "There's no water on the island— though I believe there was awell or something, years ago, that went right down below the level of the sea, and was fresh water.
　　Anyway, I've never found it."
　　"Food," wrote down Julian, "and drink." He looked at the others.
　　"Spades," he said solemnly, and scribbled² the word down.
　　Anne stared in surprise.
　　"What for?" she asked.
　　"Well, we'll want to dig about when we're hunting for a way down to the dungeons⁴," said Julian.
　　"Ropes," said Dick. "We may want those too.""And torches," said George. "It'll be dark in the dungeons.""Oooh!" said Anne, feeling a pleasant shiver go down her back at the thought. She had no idea whatdungeons were like, but they sounded thrilling.
　　"Rugs," said Dick. "We'll be cold at night if we sleep in that little old room."Julian wrote them down. "Mugs to drink from," he said. "And we'll take a few tools too— we mayperhaps need them. You never know."
　　At the end of half an hour they had quite a nice long list, and everyone felt pleased and excited.
　　George was beginning to recover from her rage and disappointment. If she had been alone, and hadbrooded over everything, she would have been in an even worse sulk and temper—but somehow theothers were so calm and sensible and cheerful. It was impossible to sulk for long if she was withthem.

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