The _Rainbow_ was some time making her way down the river, and we may be sure that Lettice and Cicely watched her till her white canvas was no longer to be seen amid the tall trees which lined its banks; and that Vaughan's eyes, at all events, as he stood on the poop, gazed back till their figures faded from sight. Roger was too much engaged in the navigation of the ship to take more now and again than a hurried look astern: he knew his duty too well to neglect it, even for that; for there were shoals to be avoided, and sails to be trimmed to catch the fickle wind. Hampton Roads were not reached till dark, when the _Rainbow_ had to bring up till the following morning. A bright look-out was kept during the night lest any Spaniard or other stranger might enter the harbour, and, finding a solitary ship, venture to attack her. At dawn, anchor was weighed, and the breeze being fair, Old Comfort Point was rounded, and the _Rainbow_ steered northward up the broad Chesapeake. The lead was kept going, for Captain Layton desired to keep as close to the shore as prudence would permit; while Vaughan noted down each point and bay, and the mouth of every stream and inlet they passed. "Dost know the look of this coast, Ben?" asked Roger, as he saw Tarbox gazing eagerly at the shore. "Ay, marry do I, sir," answered the old sailor; "for we sailed up and down it for many a league in the _Sally Rose_, and I thought when I came to see it again I should not forget it." "But you said the same when we sailed up James River," remarked Roger. "And it is my belief that I once went up that also, with brave Sir Richard Grenville in his pinnace; but I was somewhat mazed about the matter, and when Nicholas Flowers, who had been with me in the _Sally Rose_, said he knew the place, I thought I must know it too; but now I come to see this coast, I find out that I was then wrong and am now right," answered Ben. "You hav'n't got Nicholas by your elbow now to prompt you, so keep a sharp look-out, and be sure that you are right this time," said Roger. "Ay, that I will, sir," answered Ben; "and every league we make good, the more sure I am that I am right."