"He would give us bread every day, with cheese, and wine to drink." "We shall see." They sat a long time, waiting for something to happen, and then fell asleep, curling themselves up in the hollow as they had been told to do.
At dawn they awoke and began to look out for the revenue boat.

But she did not appear in sight.

The hours were very long and it was very hot, and they had nothing to eat or drink.

Then all at once they saw what seemed to them the most beautiful vision they could remember.

A big felucca shot round the rocks, still under way from the breeze she had found in the little bay.