They did it on purpose to make us late.

I see it all now.
And then they'll report us.

Ugh! did you ever know such blackguards ?" The discovery was too late to be any good--that is, as far as the hope of reaching Willoughby before call-over was concerned.

However, it warned them the sooner they turned now the sooner they would get back at all.

So they turned viciously and started homewards.
The rowers were all too tired and enraged to talk much, and the journey down stream was silent and gloomy.