And, with these heavy boots, the extra weight won't betray that there is anything hidden.
"Don't put them on till the last moment.

Give them time to cool, for if any of it oozes out, you will stick your stockings so tight to it that you won't get your foot out without laving them behind." Leaving their high boots in the cabin, the three young men went on deck.

The leading vessel of the British fleet was not more than a mile astern, while the French fleet was three miles ahead, having gained more than a mile since the chase began.

Mike had been given four louis, which he said he could hide in his mouth.
Five minutes later, there was a puff of smoke from their pursuer's bow.

The ball struck the water close to them.
"Shall I hold on, Colonel ?" the captain of the ship asked Colonel Wauchop.
"There is no use in your doing so.