With this they tied the men securely.
"There is no occasion to gag them, I think," Fergus said.

"They might shout as loud as they liked and, with this wind blowing, no one would hear them; or if anyone did hear them, he would take it for the shouting of a drunken man.
"Now, look here, my men.

Here is the money to buy the new clothes.
We have not ill treated you in any way, have we ?" "No, sir, we are quite satisfied." "Now, I should advise you, in the morning, to manage to untie each other.

We shall fasten the door up as we go out, but you will have no difficulty in bursting that open, when you are once untied.
"Now I ask you, as you are satisfied, to say nothing about this affair to anyone.

It would only make you a joke among your comrades, and could do you no good.