She could not but know it as she swiftly drew away her hands, and yet, could not forbear one quick searching look before she turned away her eyes.
By means of deck-tackles I had arranged to carry the halyards forward to the windlass; and now I hoisted the mainsail, peak and throat, at the same time.

It was a clumsy way, but it did not take long, and soon the foresail as well was up and fluttering.
"We can never get that anchor up in this narrow place, once it has left the bottom," I said.

"We should be on the rocks first." "What can you do ?" she asked.
"Slip it," was my answer.

"And when I do, you must do your first work on the windlass.

I shall have to run at once to the wheel, and at the same time you must be hoisting the jib." This manoeuvre of getting under way I had studied and worked out a score of times; and, with the jib-halyard to the windlass, I knew Maud was capable of hoisting that most necessary sail.