The ebb-tide, which had so cruelly delayed us, was now making reparation and delaying our assailants.
那曾无情地阻滞我们的退潮,如今正作出补偿,拖住了追赶我们的敌人。
— Robert Louis Stevenson · Treasure Island · XVII · Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat’s Last Trip —