"Nonsense," he said, "I am all right."
"Have you got the Indian?" Bowline asked.
"Yes: now good night; you will see me tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?"
"Pull," the filibuster said to the engagé.
The latter dipped his paddles, and the canoe resumed its course.
Ten minutes later, it ran aground at the very spot where Montbarts had seized it for the purpose of going to Nevis. The three men landed on the beach, pulled up the canoe, and went off in the direction of the hatto.
They passed through the town and a swarm of filibusters, who were celebrating by songs, shouts, and libations their last hours of liberty.
They went on in silence. When the three men reached the hatto, Montbarts lit a candle, and searched the house with the greatest care, to make sure that no stranger was present; then he returned to his two comrades, who were waiting for him in the Esplanade.
"Come in," he merely said to them.