As you know, Parucchi, Carlo Bottini had been a long time at Constantinople and the Eastern ports, and had a somewhat luxurious taste.

Do you not remember that, against the stern windows, he had caused to be erected a low wide seat running across the cabin?
This he called a divan, and spent no small proportion of his time lolling upon it.

If I am right, its height was from ten inches to a foot above the deck, and it was fully four feet wide.

It would therefore be quite possible to cut through the two planks at the back, without its being observed by anyone in the cabin." There was a chorus of assent.
"Of course we must work most cautiously," Francis went on.

"The wood must be cut out with clean cuts with the daggers.