The men were going in and out of that cave for two or three hours." "Then there must be an inner place," cried the lieutenant, stamping his foot with rage.

"Come and search again, my lads." They disappeared for another ten minutes or so, and then came back with the officer fuming with passion.
"Fooled!" he exclaimed aloud, "fooled! Here, back to the boat." Everybody embarked again, and the boat was rowed back in silence to the Gap, where we landed, and the lieutenant stepped out afterwards leaving his men afloat.
"Now, then, Captain Duncan," he said, "before I go let me tell you that I shall report your conduct at headquarters.

I consider that I have been fooled, sir, fooled." "I had thought of doing the same by you, sir," retorted my father coldly; "but I do not think it worth while to quarrel with an angry disappointed man, nor yet to take further notice of your hasty words." "What do you mean, sir?
What do you mean ?" blustered the lieutenant.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! I see! Here's a game!" roared Bob Chowne, dancing about in the exuberance of his delight.
"What do you mean, sir?
How dare you!" roared the officer turning upon Bob.
"Why, I know," cried Bob.

"What a game! Don't you see how it was ?" "Will you say what you mean, you young idiot ?" cried the lieutenant.
"Oh, I say, it wasn't me who was the idiot," cried Bob bluntly.

"Why, you let smuggler Uggleston dodge back in the night.