A dozen armed men were seated by a fire in the yard, and two sentries were carelessly leaning against the gate.
"There should be no difficulty in getting in there with two rope ladders--one to climb up with, and one to drop on the other side," Stanley said.

"You may be sure that most of the guard go to sleep, at night.

The first thing to ascertain is which house the prisoners are kept in and, in the second place, how my cousin is going on.

We can do nothing until he is able to walk for a short distance.
"Let us move round to the other side of the inclosure.

It may be that a sentry is posted at their door." On getting to the other side, and looking through the crevices between the bamboos, they could make out two figures squatted by the door of one of the houses; and had no doubt that this was the one in which Harry Brooke was confined.
"Now, Meinik, the first thing is for you to go and buy a rope.