"Perhaps they will; they have a perfect right to do so: but they have been up all night, and I don't believe they will be very sharp. Possibly they drank beer enough while they were on board of the La Motte to reduce them to the condition of the fellows in the steerage. But it is not so much of a question of what they will think, as of what they will do."
"Well, their actions will be guided by their thoughts."
"That is so; but they will be guided by their conclusions, and not by all the suspicions that come into their heads," argued Dory. "Of course, it is important for us to be able to foresee what they will do, so that we may be prepared for them."
"Then, we must fathom their thoughts if we can."
"They are standing on the beach just now."
"And they are a quarter of a mile from us."
"But they are moving this way, though very slowly."
"I have no doubt they are about worn out, for they have been beating about the woods for an hour or more," said Dory, as he raised himself so as to see over the bulwarks of the schooner.
"Of course, they must see the vessel."
"I don't think they discovered her till this moment, for they have only just begun to move this way. Now what will they do?"