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`` Either they 're all banded together , or else they 're all afraid of the villains . They would n't even let me go up into the settlement to find one . '' `` Well , then , '' said Mr. Maynard , `` we 'll make shift to work in as best we may by ourselves . ` Twill be high tide against one o'clock . We 'll run in then with sail as far as we can , and then we 'll send you ahead with the boat to sound for a pass , and we 'll follow with the sweeps . You know the waters pretty well , you say . '' `` They were saying ashore that the villain hath forty men aboard , '' said the boatswain .