“Have we to pass all that legion of rocks?”
“No; we have left it to the sou’-south-east. It is behind us.”
And the Guernsey passenger continued:
“Big and little rocks together, the Grelets have fifty-seven peaks.”
“And the Minquiers forty-eight,” said the other.
The dialogue was now confined to the St. Malo and the Guernsey passenger.
“It strikes me, Monsieur St. Malo, that there are three rocks which you have not included.”
“I mentioned all.”
“From the Derée to the Maître Ile.”
“And Les Maisons?”