The light was so good that Willet distinctly saw the paddlers at work and the other warriors sitting upright.

It was not possible to read eyes at such a distance, but he imagined what they expressed and the thought pleased him.

As Robert had predicted, the snugness of their hiding place with savages above and savages below heightened his feeling of comfort and safety.

He was in sight and yet unseen.

They would never think of the three hanging there in the side of the cliff.