To our surprise, he motioned us to sit down by him; which we did; taking care, however, not to cut off our communication with Jarl.
With the hope of inspiring good will, I now unfolded a roll of printed cotton, and spreading it before the priest, directed his attention to the pictorial embellishments thereon, representing some hundreds of sailor boys simultaneously ascending some hundreds of uniform sections of a ship's rigging.

Glancing at them a moment, by a significant sign, he gave me to know, that long previous he himself had ascended the shrouds of a ship.

Making this allusion, his countenance was overcast with a ferocious expression, as if something terrific was connected with the reminiscence.

But it soon passed away, and somewhat abruptly he assumed an air of much merriment.
While we were thus sitting together, and my whole soul full of the thoughts of the captive, and how best to accomplish my purpose, and often gazing toward the tent; I all at once noticed a movement among the strangers.

Almost in the same instant, Samoa, right across the face of Aleema, and in his ordinary tones, bade me take heed to myself, for mischief was brewing.