If they wished to keep their secret a while longer, then they had good reasons for doing so.
"Did the others come to the chest of drawers also, and look at the papers ?" he asked.
The Onondaga knelt down and examined the polished floor.
"I do not think so," he replied at length.

"It is wholly likely that Master Jacobus and Master Hardy came to the chest of drawers after the others had gone, and that the papers had no bearing on the matters they talked over in the council.

Yes, it is so! It is bound to be so! The odor of their two tobaccos is stronger than any of the other odors in the room, showing that they were in here much longer than the others.

It may be that the papers in the third drawer relate to Dagaeoga." "I had that thought myself, Tayoga." "Does Dagaeoga wish me to go further with it ?" "No, Tayoga.

What those men desire to hide from us must remain hidden." "I am glad Dagaeoga has answered that way, because if he had not I should have refused to go on, and yet I knew that was the way in which he would answer." They went to another room in which they found Mr.Huysman, Mr.Hardy and the clerk, and Robert told of his meeting with the slaver.