CHAPTER XXI.
"His honor's linked Unto his life; he that will seek the one Must venture for the other, or lose both." TATHAM.
It was now certain that le Feu-Follet was not in the Bay of Salerno.

By means of the lofty spars of the ship, and the aid of glasses, the whole coast had been effectually surveyed, and no signs of such a craft were visible.

Even Lyon had given it up, had wore round, and was standing along the land again, toward Campanella, a disappointed man.

As Cuffe expected the next wind from the westward, he continued on to the northward, however, intending to go off Amalfi and question any fisherman he might fall in with.

Leaving the ship slowly pursuing her course in that direction, then, we will turn our attention to the state of the prisoners.
Ghita and her uncle had been properly cared for all this time.