"I'm not out of it, sir; but I can take you out to sail," replied the skipper of the Skylark.
"We are all ready, and Mr. Philbrook has put up a basket of stores for us; for we were going to take another boat if you couldn't go."
"The boat is all ready, sir. Where do you wish to go?"
"Don't care a fig where we go. All we want is a good sail."
"How long do you want to be out, sir?"
"O, till night."
"What do you say to a run up to Belfast?"
"Capital! But can you go as far as that in one day, or what is left of the day?"
"I can run up there with this wind, and the tide in our favor, in about three hours. It is blowing pretty fresh."
"I see it is."