A sailor was sent up to the masthead to keep a lookout.

Late in the afternoon he called down that he could make out a black speck some twelve miles away.

She carried no sails, and he judged her to be a galley.
"It will be dark before she comes along," Sir John Boswell said.

"You can hoist your sails, captain, and return to within half a mile of the port, or she may pass us beyond hailing distance." Gervaise at once retired to the cabin that had been set aside for their use, and proceeded to disguise himself.

An hour later Sir John came down.