The boats will be hidden or padlocked.

And here I'll stay, with Roke for a chum, till whatever is going on at Standish's house is safely finished with.

It's a pretty program.

If I can get away to-night without Roke's finding it out till morning--" His eyes were beginning to accustom themselves to the room.
Its corners and farther reaches and most of its floor were still invisible.

But, by straining his gaze, he could just make out the shapes of a crate or two and several packing boxes close to the wall.