3/30 The pigs were shut up somewhere even yet. Then the bell on the roof of the little chapel rang once or twice, and I went near. I know now that it was the hour of the morning mass, but wondered at the time why the door was closed and why the bell rang. He, too, looked all the better for the rest, and I dare say that the help of the comb, which Fergus lent us in sheer compassion overnight, had worked no small change in that direction. The ship had broken up in the night, and nothing but her gaunt ribs stood in a deep pool on the wet sands. |