Chapter 88
Chapter 88 The Allegiance had now the advantage of sailing to head them off, rather than directly in their train. Riley said, "We may as well keep on them a little while longer," with studied calm, and put the ship after them, much to the unspoken but evident satisfaction of the crew: if only the other ship, which as yet they could not see, were fast enough! Even a single frigate might do, imbued by the near and awful presence of the Allegiance with greater force, and so long as the Allegiance was on the horizon at the c****x of the chase, she should have a share in any prize taken. They searched the ocean anxiously, sweeping with their glasses, without success; until Nitidus, who had been jumping aloft at intervals, landed and said breathlessly, "It is not a ship; it is dragons." They
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