Aunt Barbara asked me about it.
I'll tell you afterwards.

Now the tide's going out we can drop down with it, and we shan't be heard.

I'll row just enough to keep her head straight.

Sit in the bow, Francis, and keep a sharp look-out." Foot by foot they dropped down the river, and soon came into the thick mist that lay beyond the point.

It was impossible to see more than a yard or two ahead, but the same dense obscurity would prevent any further range of vision from the other boat, and, if it was still at its work, the sound of its oars or of voices, Michael reflected, might guide him to it.