“I’ll prove I’m fit for it. Look here: do you know whether Tangua is asleep or not?”
“No.”
“And yet it is important, isn’t it?”
“Yes; I’ll crawl over and find out.”
“No, but I will, and prove I’m fit for the other job.”
“Suppose you’re discovered?”
“Then I’ll say I wanted to make sure the guards were doing their duty.”
“That’ll go, but for mercy’s sake be careful. If they see you they’ll suspect you later of freeing the Apaches if they get off.”
“They won’t be far wrong.”
“Take each tree and shrub for a cover, and look out that the firelight doesn’t fall on you; keep in the dark.”