Do you think they will row all night ?" "I should not think so.

If the land were nearer they might keep on until they make it, but as they have had no wind since daylight, they will lie on their oars until morning.

You see, at sunset they will still be some eighty miles from Cape Carbonara, and the slaves could not possibly row that distance without rest; so that if we keep on we may take them by surprise." "That is what I have been thinking, Ralph, but it would be well not to attack them until nearly daybreak.

We should capture one galley easily enough; but the others, being ignorant of our force, might make off in different directions, and we might lose both of them.

If, on the other hand, we could fall upon them a short time before daylight, we should be able to keep them in sight, and, even if they separated, they would soon come together and continue their course, or, as I hope, when they see that we are alone, bear up and fight us.