"May I come too?"
"What! expose yourself on the ledge!"
"Yes, even that. I am so tired of sitting here alone."
"Well, there is no danger at present. But they might chance to see you, and you remember what I—"
"Yes, I remember quite well. If that is all—" There was a rustle of garments. "I am very mannish in appearance. If you promise not to look at me I will join you."
"I promise."
Iris stepped forth. She was flushed a little, and, to cover her confusion, may be, she picked up a Lee-Metford.
"Now there are two guns," she said, as she stood near him.
He could see through the tail of his eye that a slight but elegantly proportioned young gentleman of the sea-faring profession had suddenly appeared from nowhere. He was glad she had taken this course. It might better the position were the Dyaks to see her thus.
"The moment I tell you, you must fall flat," he warned her. "No ceremony about it. Just flop!"