Then Frank touched the lever and she flew up to the surface.
All around was the unbroken expanse of sea.
To the horizon line it extended almost in a dead calm. But as the voyagers went out on deck to enjoy the bracing air, Stanhope cried:
“Sail ho!”
It was easy to locate the sail just below the line.
It was rising rapidly, and they were evidently in the vessel’s course.
What the character of the craft was it was not easy as yet to tell.
But most of the party reckoned that it was the Southampton, until after it had become more plainly visible.
Then it was settled beyond all doubt that it was not the English cutter.
Curiosity impelled all to wish to learn the character of the strange vessel.