He was satisfied with the situation as it must remain till some decided event should call for energetic action.
The captain and the two ward-room officers in his confidence were obliged to conduct themselves with the utmost caution and discretion in order not to undo anything which had been done in blinding the eyes of the conspirators.

Christy had an abundance of writing to do, and it was of a kind that would not betray any of his secrets; he called upon Mulgrum to do this work, in order to keep up appearances.

He did not call any more conferences with his friends in the cabin, for there was no need of any, and entire silence was the more prudent.
The Bronx proceeded on the course the captain had given out until the twentieth of the month, when the steamer was a little to the southward of the Bermudas.

She had not been near enough to the islands to be made out from the shore.

On this day, when the Bronx was three days from Sandy Hook, the fog which Mr.Lillyworth had been predicting settled down on the steamer, not as dense as it might be, but thick enough to prevent those on board of her from seeing anything at any great distance from her.