It was time to lay aside my fetters, and demand to know whither the path tended in which I was importuned to walk.
Meanwhile I found myself entangled among boats and shipping.

I am unable to describe the spot by any indisputable tokens.

I know merely that it was the termination of one of the principal streets.

Here Welbeck selected a boat and prepared to enter it.

For a moment I hesitated to comply with his apparent invitation.