This kind attention on their part was a great puzzle to me, and I could not help suspecting that beneath all this there must be some sinister design.

Resolving to be prepared for the worst, I quietly reloaded the empty barrel of my rifle and watched with the utmost vigilance.

As for Agnew, he took it all in the most unsuspicious manner.

He made signs to them, shook hands with them, accepted their gifts, and even tried to do the agreeable to the formidable hags and the child-fiends around him.

He soon attracted the chief attention, and while all looked admiringly upon him, I was left to languish in comparative neglect.
At length a savory odor came through the cave, and a repast was spread before us.