The crew had been unchanged since they left Nantes and, tumbling up on deck as they heard the boat coming off, greeted Leigh most heartily; and respectfully saluted Patsey and their owner.

They would have broken into cheers, had not their skipper sharply silenced them.
"It will be time enough to cheer when we reach the open sea, lads," he said; "and we will do so more heartily still, when we land Madame Martin, Monsieur Leigh, and the owner and his wife either on English ground, or the deck of an English ship." "You mistake, captain," Monsieur Flambard said.

"As you know, the lugger was only passed over to me by Monsieur Martin to escape confiscation.

There is no longer any need that I should appear as owner; and in fact Madame Martin, as representative of her husband, is the owner of the Henriette, and I and my wife are passengers on board her." "I hope that you will find it all right below, madame," Captain Lefaux said.

"Captain Martin's cabin--we have always called it so--is ready for you and Madame Flambard.