Still no sound came from the minister, but he took something from his belt, and began to make odd markings in the sand between the inner circle and the fire.
As he turned, the moon gleamed on the implement, and we saw it was a great knife.
We were now scared in real earnest.

Here were we, three boys, at night in a lonely place a few yards from a savage with a knife.

The adventure was far past my liking, and even the intrepid Archie was having qualms, if I could judge from his set face.

As for Tam, his teeth were chattering like a threshing-mill.
Suddenly I felt something soft and warm on the rock at my right hand.
I felt again, and, lo! it was the man's clothes.

There were his boots and socks, his minister's coat and his minister's hat.
This made the predicament worse, for if we waited till he finished his rites we should for certain be found by him.