Henry Crawford was in the first glowofanotherschemeabout ThorntonLacey; and not beingable tocatchEdmund's ear, was detailing it tohis fair neighbour with a look of considerable earnestness.
And on this dazzling sheet, spread under the blackness of the clouds and emitting a bluish glow, Captain MacWhirr could catcha desolate glimpse of a few tiny specks black as ebony, the tops of the hatches, the battened companions, the heads of the covered winches, the foot of a mast.