"The soldiers are mostly on land.

They need them more in the citadel than on board; and they think the ships are safe, lying as they do under their own batteries.

If we could get a dull or foggy night, we might make a dash at them.

We can enter the harbour now that the Island battery is silenced and the frigate Arethuse gone.

They say the sailors on board the ships are longing for a task.