"She seems to me to be deeper than she did three minutes ago." "She is a great deal deeper than when we first caught sight of her," one of the sailors said.

"She stood much higher in the water than the galley did, and now, if anything, the galley stands highest." "See!" the captain exclaimed suddenly, "the galley is rowing her oars on the port bow, and bringing her head round.

She has noticed us, and is going to chase us! We have seen too much.
"Row, men--it is for life! If they overtake us it is a question between death, and slavery among the Moors." A sudden exclamation from one of the men caused the captain to glance round again at the galley.

She was alone now on the water--the trader had sunk! "Do you take the helm, signor," the captain said.

"All hands will help at the oars." Some of the oars were double banked, and beneath the strength of the twenty men, the boat moved fast through the water.