“Quite,” said Brown confidently, “and we shan’t see them again till they have got it.”
“Then you think they will get it?”
Brown shook his head, and was silent for a few moments.
“If they get it we shall see them again; if they don’t, we shan’t.”
“Ashamed to show their faces eh, messmate?” asked Dan.
“No—the others too much for them.”
“Then we may be sending them to their death. Here, I don’t like this, Dean. I am sure father would rather that we lost the rifle. Here, let’s call them back. Come on!”