At all events, we are completely ignorant of the nature of the plot and the names of the ringleaders.

Let us double the sentries, and quietly get the men under arms.

Let Miss Sarah do what she pleases, and when the mutiny breaks out, we will nip it in the bud; clap all the villains we get in irons, and hand them over to the authorities in Hobart Town.

I am not a cruel man, sir, but we have got a cargo of wild beasts aboard, and we must be careful." "But surely, Mr.Pine, have you considered the probable loss of life?
I--really--some more humane course perhaps?
Prevention, you know--" Pine turned round upon him with that grim practicality which was a part of his nature.

"Have you considered the safety of the ship, Captain Vickers?
You know, or have heard of, the sort of things that take place in these mutinies.