To-morrow she will be dry and we will caulk the seams, and the next day we will paint her and then we can take foreigners to the Cape in her if we have a chance and the signori do not go out.

Lend a hand, Bastianello; we must haul her up behind the boats." Bastianello said nothing and the two strong men almost carried the old tub to a convenient place for working at her.
"Do you want to do anything more to her to-night ?" asked Bastianello.
"No." "Then I will go up." "Very well." Ruggiero smiled as he spoke, for he knew that Bastianello was going to try and get another glimpse of Teresina.

The ladies would probably go to drive and Teresina would be free until they came back.
He sat down on a boat near the one he had just bought, and surveyed his purchase.

He seemed on the whole well satisfied.

It was certainly good enough for the foreigners who liked to be pulled up to the cape on summer evenings.