THE ADVICE OF SERKO THE ENGINEER 221

As the tug has not returned to its post I conclude that
it is going to tow the schooner, this voyage—perhaps
also to destroy the vessels that cross its path.

However, it is probable that the absence of the Edda
will be of short duration, and that a week will be enough
for the voyage out and back.

Nevertheless, the #da has the luck of good weather if
I may judge by the atmospheric calm which reigns in the
interior of the cavern. Besides, this is the time for fine
weather in the Bermuda latitudes. Ah, if I.could find a
breach in the walls of my prison!