If Watkins' estimate is correct, nine out of the port watch now on duty will be with us.

If he can add to these five or six from the starboard watch below this will make a total, not counting LeVere and myself, of fifteen.

There would be only five left to oppose us on deck and probably two of these would be on watch aloft.

Once we gain control of the deck we can lock the others below, and negotiate with them at our leisure.

The plan looks to me quite possible." She sat silently gazing at me across the table, seemingly failing to quite comprehend, her parted lips trembling to an unasked question.
Before she could frame this in words, the door to the companion opened, and Watkins descended the stairs.