Tired from his flight and filled to satiety, he had lain down to rest in the woodshed, so satisfied with his quarters that he offered no objection when Tom Gordon slipped up and fastened the door.

So powerful and active an animal, had he chosen, could have broken out of the place in a twinkling; but he was content to stay where he was until fully rested.
"I assure you," added the professor, "you wouldn't have kept him much longer; when he awoke, hungry and thirsty, he would have placed himself on the outside before you could say Jack Robinson, and _then_ there would have been trouble." The actions of the professor proved his faith in his own words.

He coolly unhooked the door, gently pushed it back, and stepped within the structure.

Tippo Sahib uttered a growl, and Tom and his friends shrank farther away.

The men, however, one of whom carried a coil of rope, held their places.
Professor De La Cordova displayed admirable coolness and tact.