Maybe your honor will tell him I shall be expecting him there." Captain O'Connor accompanied her outside to see that no one spoke to her, and when he saw her disappear in the darkness he returned to the room.
"I think you have had a lucky escape, Conway," he said as he entered.
"The matter is explained now about your being watched and questioned, and it is very lucky that they did not quite make up their minds you were a spy; for if they had you may be sure they would have had no more hesitation in putting an ounce of lead into you, and throwing you over the cliff, than they would in shooting a sparrow.

Well, this is an important piece of news.

The authorities have for a long time been trying to lay their hands on this scoundrel and his gang, and if we can catch him it will be a feather in our caps, for he has defied all their efforts for the last three years.

Now, we must arrange the line of battle, how it is to come off, and when.
"In the first place we must arrange with the coast-guard to have a well-manned boat somewhere along the coast to cut the scoundrels off if they try to escape by sea.

The attack must be made by daylight, that is evident, for half the men would break either their legs or their necks if they tried to get down in the dark.