He grasped the situation at once and earnestly seconded Leonard's efforts to preserve silence and to prevent confusion.
"Come," said Leonard to Soa, "we have got enough to begin with.

I must be off.

You can loose the rest at your leisure; the moon is rising, it is a quarter to twelve, and we have not a moment to lose.

Now, Otter, before we go, how can we send men to fire the reeds--through the garden ?" "No, Baas, I have thought of a better way, the way by which I escaped myself--that is, if these men can swim." "They can all swim," said Soa; "they were bred on the banks of a river." "Good.

Then they must swim down the dike where I killed the sentry, four of them.