However, they don't starve; for the greater portion of the men on the coast have to go in the ships of the Republic." On the sixth day after leaving Paris, they arrived at Havre.

Here they had no difficulty in obtaining lodgings, in a small auberge near the port.

Their pass was, on their arrival, sent to the authorities of the town and duly stamped.

Leigh's first inquiries were for the Henriette.

He found that she was well known in the port, and had sailed for La Rochelle, six weeks before.
"She does not very often come up here," one of the sailors said.
"Sometimes she is months between her visits.