Not all of the boys were on the yacht when the two young adventurers returned, and nothing was said about their having to hail the yacht, but as the others began to arrive, some time later, Percival watched them in turn to see if he could distinguish guilty looks on the faces of any.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
They are very largely needy adventurers, living by their wits, and are ready to pay money to those who profess to show them how they can increase their incomes, or obtain a pension, or "better their positions," or cure themselves of the innumerable physical disabilities which their fatuous ignorance and indolence have brought upon them.
"Command"
William McFee
In one flash he perceives that he is in a trap; in another, that the tower stands before him; while round it, against the hill-sides, are ranged the "lost adventurers" who have preceded him-their names and story clanging loudly and more loudly in his ears-their forms revealed with ghastly clearness in the last fires of the setting sun.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr