"By Jove, Fonseca, they are after us already!"  I exclaimed.  "Now if they have managed to make a good repair of that boat they will overhaul us before we can get clear of the bay.  And that will mean a fight, for I certainly do not mean to give in if I can help it; and if we can muster half a dozen muskets and a few rounds of ammunition we ought to be able to keep those fellows from coming alongside, we having the advantage of the deck to fight from.  See, they know well what they are about; they are not attempting to follow us, but are pulling straight for the entrance, keeping close under the lee of the land."