... them in the board, and the black andmenacing looks which they continued to shower upon the people of the house, proved that they owed their entertainment rather toforce than favour. On the two ... wascontinually wetted with the flying sprays, and where they layexposed to the shrewdness of the winter wind. They had gathered,instead, into the hold of the merchandise, among the butts of wine,and ... that these jealous guardians of the coast of Englandsilently disappeared among the snow. They had done what theydesired; they had protected their own homes and farms, their ownfamilies and cattle;...