Chapter
9
INQUIRIES UNSATISFIEDFAST AS HIS LEGS COULD carry him, Servadac had made his way to the top of the cliff. It was quite true that a vessel was in sight, hardly more than six miles from the shore; but owing to the increase in the earth's convexity, and the consequent limitation of the range of vision, the rigging of the topmasts alone was visible above the water. This was enough, however, to indicate that the ship was a schooner— an impression that was confirmed when, two hours later, she came entirely in sight.
"The Dobryna!" exclaimed Servadac, keeping his eye unmoved at his telescope.
"Impossible, sir!" rejoined Ben Zoof; "there are no signs of smoke."
"The Dobryna!" repeated the captain, positively. "She is under sail; but she is Count Timascheff's yacht."
He was right. I
