The affair will come off at supper time, when the professors are all in their cabin.

All we have to do is to clap the hatch on the after companion-way, and secure the doors leading from the main cabin into the steerage.

Then we have them, and they can't help themselves." "But the boatswain, carpenter, and sailmaker will be loose." "No, they won't.

At the right time, we will pass the word for them, and say that Lowington wants to see them in the main cabin.

As soon as they go below we will put the hatch on." "The cooks and stewards will still be at large." "We can lock them up in the kitchen.