The dripping red headsails of a bark glided out of the fog, and the "We're Here" rang her bell thrice, using sea shorthand.' [Please select]
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Three times they tried and failed; each time the vessel slowly came up into the wind, but the heavy waves forced her head off again before the headsails filled. [Please select]
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While Lawrence was trying to slacken headway and regain the desired position, the enemy's shot disabled his headsails, and the _Chesapeake_ came up into the wind with canvas all a-flutter. [Please select]
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