I heard him say that she had gone adrift, and that some lubber must have made fast the painter carelessly.

The man who took the helm said that the boat was not worth putting about for, and that hardly a man of the crew was fit to haul sheet.

Which is true enough." "Asbiorn saw without doubt," I said.

"This escape is his doing." "Aye," answered the Saxon, "I can well believe it.

He is the only one of all that crowd who is worth a thought.