“You have, sir? Bravo!” said Murray, in the same low tone, and without seeming to be talking to his chief if they were observed. “But I did not hear you speak to the jollies.”
“No, Mr Murray; I did not mean you to, and I did not shout. But this caution is, after all, unnecessary, for there comes the sloop to look after us. Look; she is rounding that tree-covered headland.”
“Better and better, sir!” cried Murray excitedly. “I was beginning to fidget about the lugger.”
“What about her, Mr Murray?”
“Beginning to feel afraid of her slipping away as soon as we were out of sight.”
“You think, then, that the lugger’s people might be on the watch?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Quite possible,” said the lieutenant. “Well, we have her safe now.”
“Yes, sir; but won’t you heave to and wait?”
“To be sure, yes, Mr Murray; a good idea; and let the sloop sail up to us?”