But he would go--" "Why didn't he get a boat ?" "Ah, mon Gyu!" and she started up wildly.

"I was forgetting.

I was thinking only of myself and Bernel.

There isn't a boat left alive outside the Creux, and he couldn't get one there without them knowing.
But"-- in quick excitement now, to make up for lost time--"they have seen you here, and they may come to-night--Achochre that I am! They may be here! Come quickly! Your gun!" and she was all on the quiver to be gone.
Gard stooped and pulled out the gun from its hiding-place inside the shelter.
"Is it loaded ?" she asked sharply.
"Yes.

I cleaned it to-day." "Take your charges with you, and do you hasten back to the place we landed the first night.