I do not believe they will harm us." "We will go down to them, but we must not let them think we are in the least afraid of them." With some anxiety and a decided feeling of insecurity they arose to take the risk.

Putting into use all the composure he could command, he deliberately began the descent, turning to assist her Ladyship.
"They are on the ground again, bobbing worse than ever," she whispered, for his back was toward them.

In a few minutes, after a descent made more tortuous by the uncertainty of its ending, they found themselves on a level with the huddled natives.

Taking her hand in his left and clutching his club nervously in his right, Hugh advanced slowly toward the band.

Every nerve in his body was quivering under the strain which his apparent coolness cost.