"Wherefore?" queried Brand.
"Because Miss Manton will feel much easier, if we do."
"Oh! very well, you can stand watch if you like, but I don't care to lose my sleep for nothing."
Night soon closed round the party.
Harry took the first watch, while Turk rolled up like a ball, lay cuddled in a corner of the hut.
The storm having now subsided, the sea was almost calm. There was a full moon, but the clouds passing along over the sky, in detached masses, frequently veiled it.
Harry was pacing his beat, not far from the shrubbery in which Mary had fancied she saw the savage, when he suddenly paused, with his ear inclined to one side.
Steps, mingled with the murmur of voices, were audible, apparently approaching the hut!