Now he saw that it had been a wise precaution.

A very wise precaution in itself, but, as things turned out, quite useless.

This wasn't done through any feeling of fear, but merely as a wise precaution.

"But they would be a wise precaution for the American navy?"

"A wise precaution, since he will know where to find me for some time."

"It is just that there might be a wise precaution to take."

It would be a wise precaution if we speak again.

Events would prove this to have been a wise precaution.

"That might be thought by some to have been a wise precaution."

For most of the children it was simply a wise precaution.