She was very light for her size, and we had all her gear in her already.

There was room in her for four rowers and two passengers aft, and I dare say might have carried two more at a pinch.

With the five of us she would be in her best trim, therefore, and we might well distance a larger boat if it was overladen at all.

But the boat we fled from was not to be seen now, even from the higher sand hills.

Some rise in the island hid her, or else she was well over to this shore.
The brothers cast off their long, black robes now, and stowed them in the bows of the boat with our gear.