"With Ralph and two men to defend us, we can stay here a long time.

As for the captain's being lost, I do not think of it for a moment.

He knows how to manage a boat too well for that." "I don't like it at all! I don't like it at all!" exclaimed Mrs.Cliff.
"I don't expect misfortunes any more than other people do, but our common sense tells us they may come, and we ought to be prepared for them.

Of course, you are a good sailor, captain, but if it should happen that you should never come back, or even if it should be a very long time before you come back, how are we going to know what we ought to do?
As far as I know the party you leave behind you, we would all be of different opinions if any emergency arose.

As long as you are with us, I feel that, no matter what happens, the right thing will be done.