They couldn't see the wreck because that was on the opposite side, facing the open sea.
"It's just as well it's there," said Julian. "No one can see it yet.
Only when a boat goes out to fish will it be seen.
And we shall be there as early as any boat goes out!
I vote we get up at dawn."
"Well, that's pretty early," said George. "Can you wake up?
I'm often out at dawn, but you're not used to it."
"Of course we can wake up," said Julian.
"Well— here we are back at the beach again— and I'm jolly glad.
My arms are awfully tired and I'm so hungry I could eat a whole larderful of things."
"Woof," said Tim, quite agreeing.
"I'll have to take Tim to Alf," said George, jumping out of the boat.
"You get the boat in, Julian.
I'll join you in a few minutes."
It wasn't long before all four were sitting down to a good tea.
Aunt Fanny had baked new scones for them, and had made a ginger cake with black treacle.
It was dark brown and sticky to eat.
The children finished it all up and said it was the nicest they had ever tasted.
"Did you have an exciting day?" asked their aunt.
"Oh yes!" said Anne, eagerly.
"The storm was grand.
It threw up ..."
Julian and Dick both kicked her under the table.
George couldn't reach her or she would most certainly have kicked her too.
Anne stared at the boys angrily, with tears in her eyes.
"Now what's the matter?" asked Aunt Fanny.
"Did somebody kick you, Anne?
Well, really, this kicking under the table has got to stop.
Poor Anne will be covered with bruises.
What did the sea throw up, dear?"
"It threw up the most enormous waves," said Anne, looking defiantly at the others.
She knew they had thought she was going to say that the sea had thrown up the wreck— but they were wrong!
They had kicked her for nothing!
"Sorry for kicking you, Anne," said Julian.
"My foot sort of slipped."
"So did mine," said Dick.
"Yes, Aunt Fanny, it was a magnificent sight on the island.
The waves raced up that little inlet, and we had to take our boat almost up to the top of the low cliff there."
"I wasn't really afraid of the storm," said Anne.
"In fact, I wasn't really as afraid of it as Ti ..."
Everyone knew perfectly well that Anne was going to mention Timothy, and they all interrupted her at once, speaking very loudly.
Julian managed to get a kick in again.
"Oooh!" said Anne.
"The rabbits were so tame," said Julian, loudly.
"We watched the cormorants," said Dick, and George joined in too, talking at the same time.
"The jackdaws made such a noise, they said 'Chack, chack, chack,' all the time."
"Well, really, you sound like jackdaws yourselves, talking all at once like this!" said Aunt Fanny, with a laugh.
"Now, have you all finished?
Very well, then, go and wash your sticky hands— yes, George, I know they're sticky, because I made that gingerbread, and you've had three slices!
Then you had better go and play quietly in the other room, because it's raining, and you can't go out.