Then I shall be at home with my father till it is time to go on board.

He will have left here before I return from my voyage, as he is going to wind up his affairs at once and return to England." "Well, I will accompany you to the school and to my cousin's," Matteo said.

"I shall miss you terribly here, and shall certainly do all I can to follow your example, and get afloat.

You may have all sorts of adventures, for we shall certainly be at war with Genoa before many weeks are over, and you will have to keep a sharp lookout for their war galleys.

Polani's ships are prizes worth taking, and you may have the chance of seeing the inside of a Genoese prison before you return." After a visit to the School of Arms, the two friends were rowed to Signor Polani's.