It would be unsafe to miss that, for I must not be here to-morrow morning.

But the long-boat will be here soon.

I told Roger to wait until half-past nine, and then to come aboard with old Bonnet or without him, if he didn't show himself by that time." "But, after all," said the black-haired man, "the main thing is, will the men stand by you ?" "You needn't fear them," said the other with an aggravated oath, "I know every rascal of them." "Now, then," said Dickory Charter to himself as he slipped out of the chains, "she goes overboard, if I have to pitch her over." Nothing had he heard about Ben Greenway.

He did not believe that the Scotchman had deserted his young mistress; even had he been sent for to go on shore in haste, would he leave without speaking to her.

More than that, he would most likely have taken her with him.
But Dickory could not afford to give much thought to Ben Greenway.
Although a good friend to both himself and his mother, he was not to be considered when the safety of Mistress Kate Bonnet was in question.
The minutes moved slowly, very slowly indeed, as Kate sat, listening for the sound of the old clock, and at the same time listening for the sound of approaching footsteps.
It was now so dark that she could not have seen anybody without a light, but she could hear as if she had possessed the ears of a cat.
She had ceased to expect her father.