“Why, to tell you the truth, I have been thinking the same thing—I don’t much like the looks of the padrone—he squints.”
“That’s no proof of anything, Jack, except that his eyes are not straight; but if you do not like the look of him, I can tell you that he very much liked the look of your doubloons—I saw him start, and his eyes twinkled, and I thought at the time it was a pity you had not paid him in dollars.”
“It was very foolish in me; but at all events he has not seen all.”
“He saw quite enough, Ned.”
“Very true, but you should have let him see the pistols, and not have let him see the doubloons.”
“Well, if he wishes to take what he has seen, he shall receive what he has not seen—why, there are only four of them?”
“Oh, I have no fear of them, only it may be as well to sleep with one eye open.”
“When shall we make the land?”
“To-morrow evening with this wind, and it appears to be steady. Suppose we keep watch and watch, and have our pistols out ready, with the greatcoats just turned over them, to keep them out of sight?”
“Agreed—it’s about twelve o’clock now—who shall keep the middle watch?”