"I guess you are right, Captain Belgrave," added Scott, who was the hero of the occasion, for he had done all the fighting. "We are comfortable enough here in this cabin, and not one of us has got hurt. I had a rap on the arm from the spare tiller in the hands of Gray, and it may be black and blue; but that is nothing, and I am glad no other fellow is damaged, as some of you would have been if you had used your revolvers. I did not have any, so I had to content myself with the saw."
"And you did good work with it, Scott," said Louis.
"I did not hit him as hard as I might, for I did not want to kill him, and I was afraid I might overdo the business. As I said, this is a very comfortable cabin, and some of us are no strangers here. It is quite cool here, and"—
"It ought to be cool, for all the windows are open," suggested Felix.
"So they are," added Scott, rising and examining each one separately, for the curtains were drawn over them.
"We might get out," said Felix.
"Except for these bonds," replied Scott. "Perhaps we can cast them off. It would be a good scheme if we could get loose, recapture the steamer, and then deliver her to the custom-house officers at Gib, if there are any there."
"It does not look quite practicable," said Louis, shaking his head.
"But it is worth considering," persisted Scott.
And they proceeded to consider it.