"We're in for it, captain," said Bruce
"Yes; I felt afeard of it," said the captain. "We've got to wait here till the next tide."
"We'll leave to-night, of course."
"O, yes. We must get off at the night's tide, and drop down the bay."
"How far had we better go?"
"Wal, I ben a thinkin it all over, an it's my opinion that we'd better go to St. John next. We may hear of him there, an ef he don't turn up we can send out some more vessels, an give warnin that he's astray on the briny biller."
"At what time will we be able to leave?"
"Wal, it'll not be high tide till near one o'clock, but we can git off ef thar's a wind a leetle before midnight."
"Do you think the wind will hold on?"
The captain raised his head, and looked at the sky; then he looked out to sea, and then he remained silent for a few minutes.