"It won't last long.

Keep on rowing, so as to hold the boat where you are, till the yacht comes along.

It won't be many minutes before she is here." In little over a quarter of an hour she was seen approaching, and Frank saw that, in spite of the efforts of the men at the oars, the boats had been blown some distance to leeward.

However, as soon as the lanterns were held up the Osprey altered her course, and the captain, taking her still further to leeward, threw her head up to the wind until they rowed alongside her.
Frank had by this time learned that one of the men in the bow had been killed, and that three besides himself had been wounded.

Two were wounded on board the dinghy.
"So they have got some guns," the skipper said, as they climbed on deck.