It is large enough to take the yacht, though a much larger vessel could not safely enter.

We ran in, and anchored close to the shore, which has a rocky frontage--a natural shelf of rock, which is practically the same as a quay.

Here we met the men who had come from Ilsin and the neighbourhood in answer to our signalling earlier in the day.

They gave us the latest information regarding the kidnapping of the Voivode, and informed us that every man in that section of the country was simply aflame about it.
They assured us that we could rely on them, not merely to fight to the death, but to keep silence absolutely.

Whilst the seamen, under the direction of Rooke, took the aeroplane on shore and found a suitable place for it, where it was hidden from casual view, but from which it could be easily launched, the Vladika and I--and, of course, my wife--were hearing such details as were known of the disappearance of her father.
It seems that he travelled secretly in order to avoid just such a possibility as has happened.