We met a goodish number of men we knew about the town, and in their pleasant company the time slipped by somewhat quickly; so that it was nearly eleven o'clock before we set off on our four-mile walk home - as we had learned to call our little craft by this time.
Il n’était pas loin de onze heures quand nous reprîmes le chemin de la maison – ainsi qu’il nous plaisait alors de nommer notre petit bateau. Nous avions environ six kilometres a parcourir.