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`` You are Robert Morton 's own daughter . '' After Flora and her grandfather had gone the girls spent the time until luncheon relating their further island adventures to Mrs. Curtis and Tom . It had been decided that they take the train for Miss Tolliver 's the following afternoon , and after remaining to luncheon with the Curtises they were to go down to the wharf to find out whether their houseboat had been picked up and towed to a landing near them . When they reached the dock at a little after two o'clock it was to find the `` Merry Maid '' bobbing listlessly at the end of a strong rope cable . Tom Curtis had sent out a swift sea-going launch which had sighted her and picked her up within a few hours after it had started out . `` Hurrah for the ` Merry Maid ' ! '' sang out Madge .