It 'ud be different with the sojers.

An' we ain't goin' to have such a 'eart-breakin' start, even if the cruiser clears away soon after two o'clock." "Where do you propose to make for ?" "Where d'ye think, mister?
Nor'-east by nor', to be sure, until we sight some homeward-bound ship." There was a pause.

The pair could talk unheard, since they were standing on the bank, and the men were either loading firewood and fruit and cassava, or stripping trees and vines to hide the superstructure of the launch.
"You mean to abandon everything, then ?" said De Sylva.

He seemed to be watching the onward sweep of the search-light as the warship went to the north.

But Coke was shrewd.