Maybe they would take away their countryman if they were suspicious of him.

That would be good.

After the Dutch went away Lakamba and Dain would get the treasure without any trouble, and there would be one person less to share it.

Did he not speak wisdom?
Will Tuan Dain go to Bulangi's house till the danger is over, go at once?
Dain accepted this suggestion of going into hiding with a certain sense of conferring a favour upon Lakamba and the anxious statesman, but he met the proposal of going at once with a decided no, looking Babalatchi meaningly in the eye.

The statesman sighed as a man accepting the inevitable would do, and pointed silently towards the other bank of the river.