During the day
Yaquit had passed some hours with her husband. But before she
started, and when she saw neither the pilot, nor Manoel, nor Benito,
nor the boats, she had guessed the search on which they had gone, but
she said nothing to Joam Dacosta, as she hoped that in the morning
she would be able to inform him of their success.
But when Benito set foot on the raft she perceived that their search
had been fruitless. However, she advanced toward him. "Nothing?" she
asked.
"Nothing," replied Benito. "But the morrow is left to us."
The members of the family retired to their rooms, and nothing more
was said as to what had passed.
Manoel tried to make Benito lie down, so as to take a few hours'
rest.
"What is the good of that?" asked Benito. "Do you think I could
sleep?"
CHAPTER IX
THE SECOND ATTEMPT
ON THE MORROW, the 27th of August, Benito took Manoel apart, before
the sun had risen, and said to him: "Our yesterday's search was vain.
If we begin again under the same conditions we may be just as
unlucky.
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