But she heard me greedily when I came to tell of my meeting with Ludar and of our adventures near Oxford; and for his sake, as much as for my own, she thought kindly of me and promised me her friendship.
Our watch was ended, and we were in the act of quitting our post, when the maiden, taking one last look seaward, cried: "Is not that a sail away there ?" Sure enough it was, sparkling on the westward horizon, some two leagues to the larboard.
"Who cometh ?" said I to myself, echoing the maiden's song..