If you can let her know of your presence aboard without discovery it might be best--for if she saw you suddenly, unprepared, she might say or do something to betray you.

There are other reasons why it may be best for her to know she is not entirely deserted." He leaned over, motioning me toward him, until his lips were at my ear.
"It may not prove as hopeless as it appears now," he whispered confidentially.

"I helped carry Sanchez to his stateroom, and washed and dressed his wound.

There is no surgeon aboard, but I have some skill in such matters.

He has a bad cut, and is very weak from loss of blood.