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Updated: June 9, 2025
In that faint light which seemed to creep over the world before the moon itself was revealed, she seemed to him at that moment the fairest, the most desirable thing on earth. Her face was upturned towards his, half pathetic, half protesting against the revelation which he was forcing from her. "Listen, Philippa," he said, "Miss Fairclough warned me of one thing. I put it on one side.
When Harry went on deck, in the morning, he found that the wind had dropped altogether. "There is an end of the monsoon," Fairclough said. "I am just going to shorten sail. There is no saying which way the wind will come. The glass is falling fast but, of course, that is only to be expected.
It required much greater pains to get down the guns from the port side, as tackle had to be attached to each, so that they could be lowered carefully, one by one, across the deck; but all worked heartily, and these also were launched overboard. "That has eased her, a bit," Fairclough said, when Hardy rejoined him.
After the meal was over, cheroots lighted, and a decanter of port placed on the table, Fairclough asked Harry for the story he had promised him; and the latter accordingly gave them a sketch of his life and adventures. "I no longer wonder, Lindsay, at your having attained the rank of captain so young.
"I will stay, if I may, until Miss Fairclough returns," he answered, resuming his seat. "Do!" Philippa begged him. "I have had such a miserable time in town. You can't think how restful it is to be back here." "I am afraid," he observed, "that your journey has not been successful." Philippa shook her head. "It has been completely unsuccessful," she sighed.
However, with one more boat load we can manage, well enough, until we reach the Hooghly for, with this wind, we shall make a quick run." In a quarter of an hour the cutter was seen returning and, when it approached them, Fairclough again took the lead. All appeared still in the forest, and the men had just begun to refill the casks, when a shower of arrows fell among the boats.
"We tried, last night, to get up a little more sail; but she would not stand it, and we were obliged to take it off again. So we can do nothing but hope for the best." Two hours later, Fairclough came out again. "I am afraid that you have not been to sleep," Harry said. "No. I am all the better for the rest, but sleep was out of the question. "How is she heading now, Mr. Hardy?" "Northeast, sir."
"Thank goodness, here it comes, at last," Fairclough said; "the suspense is more trying than the gale itself." A low murmur was heard, and a faint pale light was soon visible to the south. "Get ready to hold on, all!" he shouted to the men. The sound momentarily increased in volume, and the distant light brightened until a long line of white foam was clearly discernible.
"All the more reason for putting an end to his little game, I should say," was the cheerful reply. "And have the whole neighbourhood either laughing at my wife and Miss Fairclough, or talking scandal about them!" Sir Henry retorted. "I forgot that," his friend confessed ruminatively. "He's a gentlemanly sort of fellow, from what I hear, but a rotten spy. What do you want done with him?"
Dick is my twin brother, and until the war we had scarcely ever been parted. Miss Fairclough here is engaged to be married to him. It is quite two months since we had a line, and I myself have been in London for the last three days, three very weary days, making enquiries everywhere." "I am very happy," he said, "to have brought you such good news."
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