Gold is a money that is very popular in Europe in these days of hardship." Later the chums disrobed and turned in.

There was abundance of covering to the bed.
"Now," proposed Tom Reade, talking in whispers, "for my plan of escape.

It's dangerous, and it sounds impossible, fantastic.
But now that you're here, Dick Prescott, I feel equal to putting anything through! So here's for the plan!" It was dangerous enough, certainly, as Tom Reade outlined it.
It didn't even strike Captain Prescott as being possible of performance, but he didn't say so.

It was the only plan of escape that presented itself, and Tom had evidently put in all his hopes on that idea.
From the plan the chums fell to talking of other days.

In the end, however, their whispers became more indistinct, then died out.