"The only condition I make is that before you leave the place altogether, Kate, I have a few minutes' conversation with you.

You can hold your pistol to my temple, if you like, while I talk, but there are a few things I must say." "Afterwards, then," she answered.

"We are going first out of the place.
We shall turn seawards and wait for you.

When you have come out, you will hand us your electric torches and go on in front." "You are quite a strategist," Forrest remarked grimly.

"Do as she says, Cecil.