“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.”