noon
The wind was not so gusty now and blew steadily , but it was very light , and the Starlight moved slowly . Harry and Seth had already hoisted a topsail , and while Mr. Leicester steered Harry came and stood by the masts , looking out ahead and talking with the two girls . But Harry felt responsible for the boat , and could not give himself up to pleasuring until , as he said , he understood the tricks and manners of the Starlight a little better . It was toward noon , now , for they had come slowly the last third of the way ; and Mr. Leicester , after a word with Aunt Barbara , proposed that they should go ashore for a while , for there was a beautiful piece of pine woods close at hand , and the flats which he was going to investigate were also within rowing distance . So down came the sails and alongside came the tag-boat ; and Aunt Barbara was landed first , parasol and all , and the others followed her . The tide was running out fast , and it was not easy to find a landing-place along the muddy shores . Betty thought the Starlight looked much smaller from the shore than she seemed when they were on board .