about midnight
Mrs Lascelles was triumphant ; and she rewarded her new ally -- the smuggler -- with one of her sweetest smiles . Community of interest will sometimes make strange friendships . We must now return to the other parties who have assisted in the acts of this little drama . Lord B -- , after paddling and paddling , the men relieving each other , in order to make head against the wind , which was off shore , arrived about midnight at a small town in West Bay , from whence he took a chaise on to Portsmouth , taking it for granted that his yacht would arrive as soon as , if not before himself , little imagining that it was in possession of the smugglers . There he remained three or four days , when , becoming impatient , he applied to one of his friends who had a yacht at Cowes , and sailed with him to look after his own . We left the _ Happy-go-lucky _ chased by the revenue-cutter . At first the smuggler had the advantage before the wind ; but , by degrees , the wind went round with the sun , and brought the revenue-cutter leeward : it was then a chase on a wind , and the revenue-cutter came fast up with her .