After that, who could tell where she would stop ?...
Two afternoons later, the doctor and the count summoned the sailor.

The lady's voice, always so good-natured and protecting, now assumed a slight accent of command.
"Everything is all ready, Captain." As she had not been able to avail herself of his steamer, she had prepared another boat for him.

He was merely to follow the instructions of the count who would show him the bark of which he was going to take command.
The two men went away together.

It was the first time that Ulysses had gone out in the street without Freya, and in spite of his enamored enthusiasm, he felt an agreeable sensation of freedom.
They went down to the shore and in the little harbor of the _Castello dell' Ovo_ passed over the plank that served as a bridge between the dock and a little schooner with a greenish hull.

Ferragut, who had taken in its exterior with a single glance, ran his eye over its deck....