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Whatever the intention of the two men was, their plans were now being affected by something they had not anticipated. The fog had blotted out everything except a comparatively small space of the ocean around them; and, to complicate matters still more, the sails of the _Sea-Lark_, after flapping lazily for a while, now began to hang limply. The faint breeze had died down entirely, and the sloop lay motionless.
"This ain't no good! " Hegan commented at length, addressing his companion. "Better set them two adrift in their dinghy."