[i]"I'll keep watch here, at least until you're all safely down," Arnold volunteered, concerned not only about the unconscious and bound men on the roof above, but also of other groups that might still arrive with their own hopes of claiming the Black Pearl.[/i]  

Tamra nodded her thanks, then proceeded cautiously down the rotted steps until she reached the broken section.  She glanced at Ronan as Charlie finished his descent, catching his look of irritation.  "I don't think we're in danger yet of running out of time," she ventured, only guessing that the source of his annoyance was the time they had "wasted" looking at the book and the candles.  

Once Charlie had made it safely down, Tamra took the rope and started to lower herself rather awkwardly down into the chamber below.  "Ooooh!" she cried suddenly as her hand slipped and she started sliding rapidly down the rope.