The men in her did not seem to be heeding us, for, at all events, they had not quickened their stroke.

They were keeping over on the far shore.

Either they had not seen us, or took us for no more than fishers--or else knew that they had us trapped if they wanted us.
"Give me a lift here," said Bertric, going to a great stone which was a load for any two men.

"We must sink this boat--we have the other, if that is any good to us." Together we hove the great stone into the boat as it rocked on the edge of the tide, starting a plank or two.

I stove in one altogether with an oar, shoved her off with all my might, and saw her fill at once, and sink with the weight in her some twenty yards from shore.