Squat down.

We don't want the savages to see us.

They are sure to come." "Let's run." "What?
The gauntlet?
No, thank you, my boy.

We are safer here.
Hist!" They crouched there listening for the sounds of the enemy's approach, but all remained silent.

Mark could hear his heart beating with excitement, and he found himself wondering why it was that he, with a serpent on one side and savages on the other, was not more alarmed.
"Keep still," whispered the major; "we must hear them directly.