I do not know what your plans are, signor, but I pray you to follow my example, and get away from this place before daylight.

The people here will all aid in the search for you, and as the island is not large, you will assuredly be discovered.
It has for many years been a rendezvous of pirates, a place to which they bring their booty to sell to the traders who come over from the mainland." "Thank you for your advice, Philippo, and be assured I shall be off the island before daybreak, but I have some work to do first, and cannot therefore accompany you." "May all the saints bless you, signor, and aid you to get safe away! Assuredly, if I live, I will ere long present myself to you at Venice--not for the money which you so generously promised me, but that I may, with your aid, earn an honest living among Christians." By this time the exchange of clothes was effected, the six ducats in Philippo's purse--the result of a little private plundering on one of the captured vessels--divided; and then they left the prison room, and Philippo locked the door after them.
"Is there any chance of Thomaso returning speedily ?" Francis asked.
"Because, if so, he might notice your absence, and so give the alarm before the ship sets sail, in which case we should have the whole crew on our tracks." "I do not think that he will.

He will be likely to be drinking in the wine shop for an hour or two before he returns.

But I tell you what I will do, signor.

I will resume my place here on guard until he has returned.