I daresay that is what they were thinking about." "Thinking?
They weren't thinking of anything at all.

They weren't capable.

Why didn't they consider the possibility that things might turn out just as they have ?" "Possibly they did consider it, my boy.

It looks to me as if they did not care a rap whether it went to their blood relatives or to the islanders.

I fancy of the two they loved the islanders more.