You're equal to that, eh, Lieutenant ?" I am, by nature, a cautious man, and prone to look at the dark side of every prospect and the risks of every enterprise; but I could not see what better dispositions were possible against the attack that threatened us.

Yet I was sorely uneasy concerning Mr.Rassendyll.
Now, after all our stir and runnings to and fro, came an hour or two of peace.

We employed the time in having a good meal, and it was past five when, our repast finished, we sat back in our chairs enjoying cigars.
James had waited on us, quietly usurping the office of the constable's own servant, and thus we had been able to talk freely.

The man's calm confidence in his master and his master's fortune also went far to comfort me.
"The king should be back soon," said Sapt at last, with a glance at his big, old-fashioned silver watch.

"Thank God, he'll be too tired to sit up long.