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They, on the _Chancellorville_, sometimes could see into the bay, and they perceived the enemy's gunboats moving out as if to give battle. Surrey feared that this impulse would not endure or that it was some mere pretence for the edification of the town's people and the garrison, so he hastily signalled the _Holy Moses_ and the _Chicken_ to go in. Thankful for small favours, they came on like charging bantams. The battery had ceased firing. As the two auxiliaries passed under the stern of the cruiser, the megaphone hailed them. "You -- will -- see -- the -- en -- em -- y -- soon -- as -- you -- round -- the -- point. A -- fine -- chance. Good -- luck."
As a matter of fact, the Spanish gunboats had not been informed of the presence of the _Holy Moses_ and the _Chicken_ off the bar, and they were just blustering down the bay over the protective shoals to make it appear that they scorned the _Chancellorville_. But suddenly, from around the point, there burst into view a steam yacht, closely followed by a harbour tug. The gunboats took one swift look at this horrible sight and fled screaming.