Afterthisafrigatecameintoview——theEuryalus——sailinginthesamedirection。Annesatdown，andhereyesneverlefttheships。
’TellmemoreabouttheVictory，’shesaid。
’Sheisthebestsailerintheservice，andshecarriesahundredguns。Theheaviestbeonthelowerdeck，thenextsizeonthemiddledeck，thenextonthemainandupperdecks。MysonNed’splaceisonthelowerdeck，becausehe’sshort，andtheyputtheshortmenbelow。’
Bob，thoughnottall，wasnotlikelytobespeciallyselectedforshortness。Shepicturedhimontheupperdeck，inhissnow-whitetrousersandjacketofnavyblue，lookingperhapstowardstheverypointoflandwhereshethenwas。
Thegreatsilentship，withherpopulationofblue-jackets，marines，officers，captain，andtheadmiralwhowasnottoreturnalive，passedlikeaphantomthemeridianoftheBill。Sometimesheraspectwasthatofalargewhitebat，sometimesthatofagreyone。