my ship, which you see out there, and have left me here to die.
It was as much as I could do to make them sheath their swords,
which you saw were drawn to slay me. They have set me down in
this isle with these two men, my friend here, and the ship's
mate."

"Where have they gone?" said I.

"There, in the wood, close by. I fear they may have seen and
heard us. If they have, they will be sure to kill us all."

"Have they fire-arms?"

"They have four guns, one of which is in the boat."

"Well then, leave all to me!"

"There are two of the men," said he, "who are worse than the
rest. All but these I feel sure would go back to work the ship."

I thought it was best to speak out to Paul at once, and I said,
"Now if I save your life, there are two things which you must
do." But he read my thoughts, and said, "If you save my life, you
shall do as you like with me and my ship, and take her where you
please."

I saw that the two men, in whose charge the boat had been left,
had come on shore; so the first thing I did was to send Friday to
fetch from it the oars, the sail, and the gun. And now the ship
might be said to be in our hands. When the time came for the men