Probably the place, at present, is almost deserted.

As no one pays any attention to us, I propose, with Tim Kelly and the ten English sailors, to seize it.

We can close the gate, and discharge the guns upon the defenders of the sea face.

We could not, of course, defend it for five minutes if they attacked us; but we would threaten to blow up the magazine, if they did so.
"I propose that, tomorrow morning, you four and Hossein shall strip to your loincloths, and just before it becomes light go along the walls, and stop up, with pieces of wood, the touch holes of as many of the cannon as you can.

It would not do to use nails, even if we had them.
No one will notice, in the dark, that you are not Mahrattas; and if you scatter about, you may each manage to close up four or five guns, at least.