He could not imagine what business Lonley could have with Gilder or his representative; and if he had any, why it should be necessary to meet him on the island.
"Of course you don't expect me to carry on the programme that fellow has marked out," said Mr.Blowitt.

"I don't quite like the looks of the things that we can't see, Mr.Passford." "Neither do I, Mr.Blowitt," replied the third lieutenant frankly.
"I shall not send a boat from the steamer till I understand this matter a great deal better than I do now, and especially I shall not send the boats a mile to the eastward," added the second lieutenant.
"Of course it is possible that my plan has miscarried already," added Christy.
"I shall do everything I can to carry out your plan, as I am instructed to do by the captain; but I have the feeling, in spite of myself, that we are crawling into a hornet's nest," added Mr.Blowitt, with some anxiety in his tones.

"You will call all hands quietly, and be ready to repel boarders.

It is well to be prepared for whatever may come.

The firing at the west end of the island indicated that something was going on, and perhaps these men on the shore know about it." Christy obeyed the order promptly, and the next minute, every seaman on board was ready with his cutlass and revolver to meet an attack.