"No; she was first rate."
"But how came you at Delaware City?"
"We couldn't help going there, Captain Davis," replied the spokesman of the two, who was evidently embarrassed.
"You couldn't help it?" said the captain.
"No, sir; we could not. The current was very swift."
"Explain yourself, man. I didn't suppose I had sent a couple of hands in the boat with those passengers who couldn't handle a pair of oars."
"I didn't think so, either. We did as well as any men could; the gentleman will tell you so when you see him."
"Well, what did you do? What was the matter?" demanded the captain, impatiently.
"There was a line stretched across that cut-off. I suppose the man that owned the island used it to haul his bateau across by; for it was a seven-mile current in the place."
"It was all of that," added the other man, by way of fortifying the statement of his companion.