As he drew near he saw, at a little distance, a scuffle going on amongst a party of Malays, one of whom seemed for a moment to be struggling against five or six others; but no outcry was made, and Deeming it to be some rough play upon the part of the fishermen, he paid little heed to what followed, merely noting that the men hustled their companion into a boat and paddled away.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
Both mother and son went to sleep, Deeming all danger over.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller
Thus in his own mind would Scarthe have disposed of the circumstance of the two gloves, Deeming it an accidental coincidence.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid