They're full of curiosity, but as shy as can be.

They can see in the dark, and--" "Dark!" cried Mike.
"To be sure.

We mustn't go on burning that candle." "But--" "Look here, old chap," said Vince quietly: "there are only about two inches of it left.

That wouldn't last long, and I'm sure it's better to put it out and save it for some particular occasion than to burn it now." "But there's just enough to light us to the mouth of this terrible hole." "And give ourselves up to old Jarks, as that fellow called him, whose pistol might go off by accident, or who might take us on board his vessel and let us fall overboard." "That was only what the man said," argued Mike petulantly.

"If we go boldly up to this smuggler captain and tell him that we only found out the caves by accident, and that we haven't touched any of the smuggled goods--" "Pirates!" "Smuggled." "You stuck out it was pirates." "But I didn't believe it then.