The sloop was kept on her course up the river.

Just after the sun had sunk beneath the horizon, Captain Godfrey, by the persuasion of his wife, anchored the sloop in a small recess in the shore.

From the time the Indian had reached the bank the Captain's wife scarcely ever lifted her eyes from gazing on the right bank of the river.

Was she watching for a place to safely anchor at night?
Or was she watching for the Indian's return?
These questions were agitating the Captain's thoughts.
Captain Godfrey had never fully recovered from a weakness to his nervous system, caused by the severe hardships he had endured in the Gulf of St Lawrence.

He was strongly opposed to anchoring the sloop so near the shore.