1 Men all steady fellows, who sailed with me before.
2 Not having power to work sails, have to run before wind.
3 He was in sailing ship, since Madam Mina tell of sails being set.
4 He was in sailing ship, since Madam Mina tell of sails being set.
5 The only sail noticeable was a foreign schooner with all sails set, which was seemingly going westwards.
6 The only sail noticeable was a foreign schooner with all sails set, which was seemingly going westwards.
7 That he scatter his money in making quick inquiry as to what ship sails for the Black Sea and for where.
8 To sail a ship takes time, go she never so quick; and when we start we go on land more quick, and we meet him there.
9 There was a bright full moon, with heavy black, driving clouds, which threw the whole scene into a fleeting diorama of light and shade as they sailed across.
10 Before long the searchlight discovered some distance away a schooner with all sails set, apparently the same vessel which had been noticed earlier in the evening.
11 The captain swear again, polyglot, and the thin man make him bow, and thank him, and say that he will so far intrude on his kindness as to come aboard before the sailing.
12 The foolhardiness or ignorance of her officers was a prolific theme for comment whilst she remained in sight, and efforts were made to signal her to reduce sail in face of her danger.
13 At first I inclined to slack off sail and beat about till the fog was lifted; but whiles, I thocht that if the Deil was minded to get us into the Black Sea quick, he was like to do it whether we would or no.
14 The poor fellow may have been seated at one time, but the flapping and buffeting of the sails had worked through the rudder of the wheel and dragged him to and fro, so that the cords with which he was tied had cut the flesh to the bone.
15 The wind suddenly shifted to the north-east, and the remnant of the sea-fog melted in the blast; and then, mirabile dictu, between the piers, leaping from wave to wave as it rushed at headlong speed, swept the strange schooner before the blast, with all sail set, and gained the safety of the harbour.
16 I could not see any cause for it, for the howling of the wolves had ceased altogether; but just then the moon, sailing through the black clouds, appeared behind the jagged crest of a beetling, pine-clad rock, and by its light I saw around us a ring of wolves, with white teeth and lolling red tongues, with long, sinewy limbs and shaggy hair.