"No matter; he is fast."
"He will make a noise."
"But the other officers are locked into the cabin."
"It might work. What then?"
"Lower the second cutter, and go ashore."
"They would pick us up as soon as they broke out of the cabin. The other fellows would work against us if we don't take them with us."
"Well, make a big thing of it, and take all the fellows and all the boats," said the accommodating little villain.
"That would do better; and there isn't a fellow on board who isn't up to such a move."
"That's so."
"It will take some time to work up the idea, though we have the steerage all to ourselves," added Perth, musing.