"They are eager to be rid of us, and I don't blame them at all." "They look like nice boys.

I think I will invite them to come aboard," decided the guardian.

Harriet nodded her approval.

When, finally, the houseboat had been dragged in, Harriet shouted to the boys to cast off.
It was then that Miss Elting asked them to come aboard.

The boy at the wheel said they would come some other time, that they were obliged to get back to their camp farther down the lake.