If, at the end of three days, an answer does not come granting my command, you will be krised.

Keep a strict watch upon them, Captain, and kill them at once if they try to escape." "I will guard them safely, Rajah," the captain, who, from the rich materials of his sarong and jacket, was evidently himself a chief, said quietly; "but as to escape, where could they go?
They could but wander in the jungle until they died." By night both lads felt more themselves.

They had been well supplied with food, and though Harry's head ached until, as he said, it was splitting, and Dick's wound smarted severely, they were able to discuss their position.

They at once agreed that escape was impossible, and would be even were they well and strong and could manage to obtain possession of a sampan, for they would but lose themselves in the labyrinth of creeks, and would, moreover, be certain to be overtaken by the native boats that would be sent off in all directions after them.
"There is nothing to do but to wait for the captain's answer," Dick said at last.
"We know what that will be," Harry said.

"He will tell the chief that it would be impossible for him to grant his commands, but that he is ready to pay a certain sum for our release; that if harm comes to us, he will make peace with the chiefs who have assisted Sehi against us, on condition of their hunting him down and sending him alive or dead to the ships.