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Maria and José would have accompanied them down to the boat the next morning , but Dias pointed out to them that they were apparently only going out for a day 's sail , and that if there were any partings on the shore it would at once attract the suspicions of the customs-house officials there . Accordingly , after a painful farewell , Dias and the two brothers went down to the boat , where the mate was already awaiting them . The voyage was as successful as the previous one had been . On the return journey the wind held , and they arrived alongside of the _ Nancy _ by eleven o'clock ; the bags were all safely in the hold by midnight . The first mate of the ship had two days before been taken with fever and sent ashore , and the captain had gladly accepted the offer of Harry 's assistant to take the berth of second mate , that officer having succeeded to the post of the first . Harry had told him that he could sell the boat , and he had , before starting on the trip , done so , on the understanding that it would be found on the beach in charge of Dias when the _ Nancy _ had sailed . Harry had given him another ten pounds to provide himself with an outfit , and had also asked him to distribute twenty among his former shipmates for the same purpose , as these had lost all their clothing except what they stood in .