Sarah had evidently been mindful of the education of her friends, and had desired to give them as little trouble as possible.
"All is right.

Watch me when I come up to-morrow evening at three bells.
If I drop my handkerchief, get to work at the time agreed on.

The sentry will be safe." Rufus Dawes, though his eyelids would scarcely keep open, and a terrible lassitude almost paralysed his limbs, eagerly drank in the whispered sentence.

There was a conspiracy to seize the ship.

Sarah Purfoy was in league with the convicts--was herself the wife or mistress of one of them.