Well, there is no regular communication from here, but there is not a week passes without some craft or other sailing from here to Weymouth." "We would rather, if possible, be put on board some ship on her way to Portugal," Terence said.

"If we landed in England, we should have to report ourselves, and might be sent to a depot, and be months before we got out there again.

I spoke to the captain of the Cerf about it, this morning; and he was good enough to promise that, as soon as he had repaired damages, he would run out into the Bay, and put us on board the first ship he overhauled bound for the Peninsula." "That would be an excellent plan, from your point of view," the governor said.

"Teniers is one of the best sailors on the island, and has several times carried despatches for me to Weymouth.

You could not be in better hands." Four days later the schooner was ready to sail again.
"This will be my last voyage in her," the captain said.