I would rather have that than a pistol any day." However, as Dick was standing with the second officer at the top of the gangway, Tom Haldane, as he passed by, slipped the pistol into his hand and then walked on.

Dick thrust it into his pocket, and then descended the ladder.

It was almost dark now.
"I have two or three places to go to, Preston, and do not know how long I shall be detained.

It is just nine o'clock now.

Suppose you meet me here at the boat at half-past ten.