That is where you take up your post." "Can I use my torch," Julian enquired, "and what am I to look out for ?" "Heaven knows," replied Furley, "except that there's a general suggestion of communications between some person on land and some person approaching from the sea.

I don't mind confessing that I've done this job, on and off, whenever I've been down here, for a couple of years, and I've never seen or heard a suspicious thing yet.

We are never told a word in our instructions, either, or given any advice.

However, what I should do would be to lie flat down on the top of that bank and listen.
If you hear anything peculiar, then you must use your discretion about the torch.

It's a nasty job to make over to a pal, Julian, but I know you're keen on anything that looks like an adventure." "All over it," was the ready reply.