If it was in the night, we might fail to see any of them before they were upon us, and we should have hard work to beat back four or five hundred of them if they all came swarming on deck together.

However, we can wait, and the first time the rajah shows any signs of treachery we can pounce upon his fleet.
He will not dream that we have discovered their hiding place, and will therefore let them hide there without movement.

However, we must try to find the ether end of the entrance to the creek.
"Please impress upon Mr.Morrison and young Parkhurst that it is of the highest importance no words shall be spoken about it; and it might be advisable, also, to give notice to the men who were in the boats, to keep their mouths shut.

I have no reason to believe that the interpreter is not faithful to our interests, but it is just as well not to trust anyone.

Moreover, it may be that some of these Malays who come on board with fruit may have been for a time at Singapore or Penang, and picked up a little English, and a chance word might let them know that we have discovered the prahus." "I wonder why our friend Hassan has not turned up," Dick Balderson said to his chum one day, after they had been lying for a month opposite the town.
"I expect something has occurred to keep him," Harry said.