Watkins have LeVere order these men aft.

Let him say that Senor Estada wishes them to break out some stores in the lazaret.

That will create no suspicion.

They need be here only long enough for us to distribute these arms among them, and for me to speak a word of instruction to them.

Are you ready ?" "Ay, ay, sir." As he vanished, I turned to the girl, who had arisen to her feet, one hand grasping the edge of the table to balance herself against the pitching of the deck.
"It is a desperate chance, is it not ?" She questioned anxiously.
"Yes," I admitted.