Then, to my surprise, I saw her standing away in to the Essex shore with all her sails full of wind.
Then all seemed lost, till I reflected that she must come back for another tack before she could clear the bend.

If so, I was safe.

So I kept steadily on, scarcely holding my own with my pursuers, until at length, to my joy, I saw her put about and bear down full upon me.

It was an anxious time as she came up.

No one on board, it was clear, guessed who I might be; nor, I think, did any one perceive me as I lay there, except the man at the prow, who, seeing me resolved to be run down, left me to take my will.