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The hoarse angry roar of the breakers outside was now distinctly audible; and in another five minutes' time the Petrel's helm was eased up, she was kept away a couple of points, and, shooting through the short narrow passage on the eastern side of the rock, began to plunge with a gentle swinging motion over the endless procession of long slowly-moving swell outside.
Charlie was carried to the Petrel's side; and while Smith and the lad were endeavouring to raise him on the schooner, Bruno was swimming hither and thither, howling piteously for his master. A shout was now heard. "The boat at last, thank Heaven!" cried Smith, returning the call.
Charlie Hubbard was there too; he had remained in Philadelphia during the whole trial, and had just returned home that morning. "And so you are positively going to-morrow," said Mr. Wyllys to young de Vaux. "Positively; at six in the morning." "Is it part of your plan, to stow yourselves away at night in the Petrel?" "The Petrel's cabin is not to be despised, I assure you, sir.
As they circled closer to make the turn, Gregory noticed a red-shirted giant leap from the wreck of the fishing-boat into the shallow water, waving his arms wildly about his head. But the noise of the Petrel's motor drowned the voice of the infuriated fishing captain and his threats and curses were heard only by his own crew.
On the same estate he built at the same time two beautiful cottages, called "Petrel's Nest," and "Wavewood," the homes of his two daughters, Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Seeley the latter his youngest.
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