“They'll see us here then?”

“The ——— they will. There ain't nobody lives there.”

“Not in Clinton?”

“Not a soul—. There's the Liddington piers, below.”

“But there ain't nobody on watch.”

“No—station's closed.”

“Hold on though—what's that?”

“Over the pier—little sails?”

“Yes.”

“That's the life-boat.”