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`` I shall not wait for you , then , Paul . '' After a long conversation with Mrs. Blacklock , in which he assured her again that nothing but firmness on her part could save her son from ruin , the principal left the hotel , and returned to the ship . In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Kendall went on board of the Grace . On the following morning , the wind being a little north of west , the signal for sailing was displayed on board of the Young America , and at six o'clock the fleet were under way . The weather was beautiful , and the fresh breeze enabled all the vessels to log eight knots an hour , which brought them fairly into the Skager Rack early in the afternoon . `` I suppose we are off the coast of Sweden now , '' said Norwood , as he glanced at the distant hills on the left . `` The pilot said Frederikshald was in this direction , '' replied Captain Lincoln , pointing to the shore .