When the people observedobserveI was quiet , they discharged no more arrows ; but , by the noisenoiseI heardhear, I knewknowtheir numbers increasedincrease; and about four yards from me , over against my right ear , I heardheara knockingknockfor above an hour , like that of people at work ; when turningturnmy head that way , as well as the pegs and strings would permit me , I sawseea stage erectederectabout a foot and a half from the ground , capable of holding four of the inhabitants , with two or three ladders to mount it : from whence one of them , who seemed to be a person of quality , made me a long speechspeech, whereof I understood not one syllable .
Whereupon I once more thoughtthinkof attempting to break my bonds ; but again , when I felt the smartsmartof their arrows upon my face and hands , which were all in blistersblister, and many of the darts still stickingstickin them , and observingobservelikewise that the number of my enemies increasedincrease, I gave tokenstokento let them know that they might do with me what they pleased .
That fact was perceptible to Mr. Denham also , and increasedincreasethe awkwardnessawkwardnesswhich inevitably attends the entrance of a stranger into a room full of people much at their ease , and all launched upon sentences .