He got back into the boat.
"Get ashore, boys," he said, "and wait here.

If you see a revenue boat, with coast guards in it, coming towards you as though the men wanted to speak to you, cast off the end of the rope and let it run into the sea.
Then run up the ledge there, and climb the rock, the faster the better.
There is a way up.

But keep out of sight when it is day, by lying flat in the hollow there.

If anybody else comes in a boat, and says nothing, but just takes the rope, do not hinder him.

Let him take it, and he will take you too, and give you a couple of biscuits." Don Antonino pushed off a little, letting the rope run out.