They may therefore be watching to see if anything comes of it; and if they saw a bustle and gondolas setting out taking the direction of the island, they might set off and get there first, for it is a very fast craft, and remove your daughters before we reach the hut.
"I should say wait till morning.

They may be watching your house now, and if, in an hour or two, they see all is quiet, they will no doubt retire with the belief that all danger is at an end.

Then, in the morning, I would embark the men in two or three gondolas, but I would not start from your own steps, for no doubt your house is watched.

Let the men go out singly, and embark at a distance from here, and not at the same place.

Once out upon the lagoon, they should row quietly towards San Nicolo, keeping a considerable distance apart, the men lying down in the bottom as the boats approach the island, so that if anyone is on watch he will have no suspicion.
"As I am the only one that knows the position of the hut, I will be with you in the first gondola.