What do you suppose they are doing ?" "Most likely they are transferring the valuable part of her cargo on board." "What will they do with her then ?" "I expect they will let her go; but of course that depends whether she is a new ship and worth taking the risk of carrying her to France." "They don't burn or sink her, then ?" "No; there would be no good in that; for they wouldn't know what to do with the crew.

Of course they don't want the bother of prisoners here, and they wouldn't want to turn them adrift in the boats.

They might land on some island near and see us going and coming here, and carry the news to some of your cruisers.

No, I expect they will take what is valuable and let them go--that is if the ship isn't worth sending home.

I suppose that is so in this case; for if they were going to put a prize crew on board and send it to France, they would not be transferring the cargo.