No thought was given to Gervaise, who slept curled up on the poop.

Sir John Boswell passed the night on board.
In the morning an officer came off with a list of the prisons to which the slaves were to be sent.

Sir John Kendall had seen the officer charged with the distribution, who had, at his request, not included the prison of St.Pelagius in the list.
A message, however, had been sent to that prison, as well as to the others, for an officer to attend at the landing stage.

In the morning Sir John went ashore in one of the boats conveying the slaves, of whom some forty had been captured.

Gervaise followed him into the boat, and took his seat by the others, who were too dispirited at the fate which had befallen them to pay any attention to him.
When he landed, Sir John asked which was the officer from St.Pelagius.
One stepped forward.
"This is the only slave for you," he said, pointing to Gervaise.