Then he went to the end of the poop, and ordered the slaves to row on.

"Row a long, steady stroke, such as you can maintain for many hours.

We have a long journey before us, and there is need for haste.

Now is the time for willing work." The oars dipped into the water, and the galley was soon moving along at a much faster pace than that at which they had performed the journey from Rhodes.

The slaves had not, from their benches, been able to see what had passed on board the dismantled vessel, but from the order and the change of course, they had no doubt that the knights had obtained some clue to the direction taken by the corsairs who had captured and sacked the ship.
"There is but little wind," Gervaise said to Ralph, "and their sails will be of slight use to them; therefore we shall go fully three feet to their two.