Paolo Parucchi, with four others, will relieve me.

You, Matteo, will with the rest take the last spell.

When we have entered the next compartment, we will put up the planks again, and press the nails in tightly enough to prevent their falling.

Should, by some chance, anyone descend into the hold while we are working, we shall be hidden from their view.

At the other end there are a number of sacks piled up, and we shall be working behind them." Francis, and the men he had chosen, made their way to the pile of arms they had observed through their peephole, moving with great precaution, so as to avoid falling over anything.