But you are different from me." "Yes," said Captain Horn, "I don't mind the devil.

I have often camped out by myself, and I have not seen him yet." When Maka heard that the captain intended staying alone, he was greatly disturbed.

If the captain had not built the little fort with the guano-bags, he would have begged to be allowed to remain with him, but those defensive works had greatly alarmed him, for they made him believe that the captain feared that some of the Rackbirds might come back.

He had had a great deal of talk with the other negroes about those bandits, and he was fully impressed with their capacity for atrocity.

It grieved his soul to think that the captain would stay here alone, but the captain was a man who could defend himself against half a dozen Rackbirds, while he knew very well that he would not be a match for half a one.