"You see Tangier ahead of you, don't you, Sir Knight?"
"I see it, Captain Sir Scott."
"You beat me on titles, Louis. There is Tangier; and it is only three miles distant," replied the captain. "You can see the big castle on the hill, the fort with three lofty arches lower down, and the minaret of a mosque in the distance. I don't know anything about the place; but I have heard the Pacha speak of it, and I think some of his property is there, for he said he had to go there often."
"Are we going ashore there?" asked Felix in good English.
"I think we had better not," said Scott, who was more pleased to sail the Maud than he was to see the sights on shore. "It is nothing but a one-horse Mohammedan city."
"Are you afraid of meeting the Pacha there?" asked Felix.
"I don't believe he is there; but I don't think he has any claim upon me now."
"You engaged in his service, and he provided you with a suit of Moorish garments," suggested Louis.
"He can have the suit now, if he wants it," replied Scott.
"But wouldn't you like to go back into his service, Captain?"