No one knew whither he was bound, though all believed it was on duty that related to the lugger, and duty that required a seaman's judgment.

As for Cuffe, his manner, which-had begun to be uneasy and wandering, became more composed when he saw his old messmate fairly off, and that, too, at a rate which would carry him even to Naples in the course of a few hours, should his voyage happen to be so long..