The cutter was cast off from the schooner, her sails were set and she began to move through the water on her voyage towards land.
In the stern sheets sat Agnes, by the side of her guardian: her handkerchief was in her hands, and her head was bent over the side of the little vessel, and now and then she might be seen to apply the handkerchief to her face as if to brush away the spray of the sea.
CHAPTER XI.
“I gained my freedom, and immediately
Ran hither to your grace whom I beseech
To give me ample satisfaction
For these deep shames and great indignities.”
Comedy of Errors.
When the cutter was cast off, the sails of the schooner were filled, and she was again put on her course. Joy now seemed to beam on the fierce faces of the sailors, and if they had not been restrained by the discipline of the schooner, it was easy to perceive they would have vociferated their satisfaction in long and loud cheers; but, bound by the iron strength of her laws, they could only manifest the feelings which then animated them by a greater alacrity—if possible—in going through their duties.