The tide is just right for us, and we have nothing further to stop for." The boat was a large fishing smack, and had put into Dunbar but that afternoon, with the intention of disposing of the catch.

Two others had, however, come in still earlier.

The market being glutted, the skipper had determined to take his catch, which was a heavy one, on to Leith; and had agreed, for a very small sum, to carry the two drovers to that port.
Oswald and Roger aided in getting up the sails, and in a few minutes the smack was at sea.

The wind was from the southwest, and the boat ran rapidly up the coast.
"The earl will be in a nice way, when he finds that you have gone," Roger said, as he stood in the stern to watch the rapidly receding towers of Dunbar.

"There will be a hot hue and cry for you.