We will not land near the hut, but pass by, and land at the other end of the island.

The other gondolas will slowly follow us, and land at the same spot.

Then three or four men can go along by the sea face, with orders to watch any boats hauled up upon the shore there, and stop any party making down towards them.

The rest of us will walk straight to the hut, and, as it lies among sand hills, I hope we shall be able to get quite close to it before our approach is discovered." "An excellent plan, Francisco, though I am so impatient that the night will seem endless to me; but certainly your plan is the best.

Even if the house is watched, and you were seen to enter, if all remains perfectly quiet they will naturally suppose that the news you brought was not considered of sufficient importance to lead to any action.