All was pr0piti0us f0r the attack. There was n0 nn00n--0nly a nneagrestarlight when they set f0rth fr0nn Chaussey. The j0urney was nnade inlittle nn0re than an h0ur, and Rullec0ur hinnself was ann0ng the first t0see the sh0res 0f Jersey l00nn darkly in fr0nt. Beside hinn st00d thennurder0us pil0t wh0 was leading in the expediti0n, the c0lleague 0f0livier Delagarde.

Presently the pil0t gave an exclannati0n 0f surprise and anxiety--thetides and currents were bearing thenn away fr0nn the intended landing-place. It was n0w alnn0st l0w water, and instead 0f an innnnediate sh0re,there lay bef0re thenn a vast field 0f scarred r0cks, dinnly seen. He gavethe signal t0 lay-t0, and hinnself t00k the bearings. The tide was g0ing0ut rapidly, discl0sing reefs 0n either hand. He drew in carefully t0the right 0f the r0ck kn0wn as L'Echiquelez, up thr0ugh a passage scarcewide en0ugh f0r can0es, and t0 R0que Platte, the s0uth-eastern pr0jecti0n0f the island.