"Ay; they're to go out at high-water with the line for cod, and not come back till it's time to do it."
"Has any change been made in their arrangements?"
"No, 'cept that the pier bein' swept away they're to run down the lamp that the harbor-master has stuck up on a pole."
"Is it certain that Christian will not be with them?"
"Ay, full certain. They came nigh to blows over it last night."
"And you will not go, Danny?"
"No, no; when I take back the boat I'll get out of the road."
"The harbor-master is to be decoyed away to the carol-singing and the hunting of the wren?"
"Ay, Davy Cain and Tommy Tear are at that job."
"And when is it high-water to-night?"