How many do you suppose there were on board when the storm hit them ?" "About five, maybe.

Perhaps six.

I guess five could handle a schooner this size.

Five are handling her now, anyway," Joe added.
Nothing of moment occurred during the afternoon, if we except occasional squalls of rain, until, at about five, those on the schooner observed a smudge of smoke to the southward that eventually proved to be coming from an ocean tug.

The tug approached them half an hour later and ran alongside the _Adventurer_.