Goodbye, my good Hugh.

All fortune attend you, and God keep you both from harm." Maria added her affectionate adieux to those of her father, and in a few minutes the boat was moving down the river under full sail.
"Hugh, you may as well overhaul the cabin at once," Rupert said; "we have paid for its sole use during the voyage.

Cast your eye carefully round, and see if there is anything that strikes you as being suspicious.

I see no arms on deck; see that none are hidden below." Hugh returned on deck in a few minutes.
"It seems all right, Master Rupert.

There are some provisions in a locker, and in another are a cutlass, a couple of old pistols, and a keg half full of powder; I should say by its weight there are ten pounds in it.