We could fight in England, or even upon my yacht." "We are exceedingly well placed here, my lord; only I have the honor to remark that, as the sea is rising fast, we have hardly time--" Buckingham made a sign of assent, took off his doublet and threw it on the ground, a proceeding which De Wardes imitated.

Both their bodies, which seemed like phantoms to those who were looking at them from the shore, were thrown strongly into relief by a dark red violet-colored shadow with which the sky became overspread.
"Upon my word, your Grace," said De Wardes, "we shall hardly have time to begin.

Do you not perceive how our feet are sinking into the sand ?" "I have sunk up to the ankles," said Buckingham, "without reckoning that the water is even now breaking in upon us." "It has already reached me.

As soon as you please, therefore, your Grace," said De Wardes, who drew his sword, a movement imitated by the duke.
"M.

de Wardes," said Buckingham, "one final word.