anything that Mother would object to.

"I tell you what," Jerry said, "let's make it a real adventure and
take some costumes along. We never had any proper ones there
before."

I thought this was a rather good idea, and after breakfast we went
up to select things that wouldn't be too bothersome to carry, from
the Property Basket.

"Is it to be pirates or smugglers or what?" Greg asked, poking in
the corner where he keeps his own special rigs.

"Explorers, my fine fellow," Jerry said, "exploring after a
submerged city."

"Oh!" Greg said, evidently changing his ideas.

Jerry and I went down to ask Katy to make us some lunch.

"Just food; nothing careful," Jerry explained.

"What are ye goin' to do with it?" Katy asked.

Jerry was all ready to say, "Eat it, of course," but I saw what Katy
meant and said:

"We're going out; it's such a nice day. We thought we'd take our
lunch with us to save Lena trouble."