She has just come out from the Bec, and is making west.

As the wind is against her, it seems to me that he would never choose that direction to cruise in unless he was starting for Cuba, and I dare not let the opportunity slip.

If he once gets clear away we may have months of work before we find him again, and as the wind now is, I am sure that we can overhaul him long before he can make Cuba.

Indeed, as we lie, we are nearer to that coast than he is, and can certainly cut him off." In five minutes the Osprey was under way, with all sail set.

The wind was nearly due west, and as Cuba lay to the north of that point, she had an advantage that quite counter-balanced that gained by the start the Phantom had obtained.