“Round outside the point, sir?”
“Of course.”
“You’d save a good two miles by running close to shore and inside the big island and the point.”
“But the rocks?”
“You could steer clear of them, sir.”
“But you mean run through the narrows—through the channel?”
“Of course, sir.”
“Oh, it couldn’t be done,” said Aleck, excitedly.
“Easy enough at high water, sir; and that’s what it’ll be in another hour.”
“Have you ever done it, Eben?”